Towards Holistic Governance of China’s E-Waste Recycling: Evolution of Networked Policies

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Ziwei Duan¹  Rui Yang²  Jinli Wu²  Xin Miao²  Xiuli Yang³  Yanhong Tang³ 

[1] School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 15001, China;School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China;School of Public Administration and Law, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China;

关键词: electronic waste (e-waste);    recycling;    holistic governance;    networked policies;    government departments;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph17207407

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Electronic products are being updated and replaced much faster and there is therefore an increasing growth in electronic waste (e-waste). In order to promote professional recycling of e-waste, the relevant government departments of China have published a series of policies. This paper aims to unearth the evolution tendency of the networked policies towards holistic governance of China’s e-waste recycling. Content analysis, quantitative text analysis and network analysis are applied to analyze relevant policy documents from 2001 to 2016. This paper illustrates evolution of policy themes, evolution of intergovernmental relationships, and evolution of policy relations. This study reveals policy intentions, maps policy progress, and unearths governance philosophy, providing an overall understanding of the policy ways by which the Chinese government has deployed its guiding strategies on professional recycling of e-waste. This paper illustrates how to approach holistic governance from perspective of networked policies, contributing to answering the central question of holistic governance about how to achieve it.

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