Commoning Experiments in a State-Corporatist City State
The Case of Hong Kong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6403797 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xiao Lu Wang (0000-0002-4192-5195, The Centre for Civil Society and Governance, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, corresponding author), Chi Yuen Leung (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Chi Ki Mui (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1809-1837 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10780874231162934 |
| OpenAlex | W4328119224 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 52 |
This study addresses the research question of how the tensions between urban commons and ‘the public’ might be resolved through boundary spanning. Urban commons offers a new lens for public managers and politicians to rethink ways that urban resources could be governed to enhance public problem-solving and co-create public-value outcomes. Through in-depth case analyses of commoning initiatives at five public markets in Hong Kong, we find that tensions with bureaucratic modes of governance, marketisation of public space, land politics, and little trust in the government were major barriers of commoning. The results also pointed to the unique boundary spanning strategies to facilitate commoning such as using co-creation and political framing to align community interests and public agenda and using legal framing to enable the reallocation of property rights among property owners and community actors. This research also revealed distinct dynamics of boundary spanning in illiberal democratic systems
Bureaucracy · Commons · Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · Framing (construction · Grassroots · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public space · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Urban Planning and Governance
Collaboration in public policy and practice
Governing the Commons
Commonwealth
Urban Fortunes
Cities in pursuit of economic growth
Collaborative innovation in the public sector
New Labour's double-shuffle
Strengthening political leadership and policy innovation through the expansion of collaborative forms of governance
Symmetric Tragedies
Property and Persuasion
Network governance and collaborative governance
Recapturing Democracy
Diversity and Challenges of the Urban Commons
Do institutions matter in neighbourhood commons governance? A two-stage relationship between diverse property-rights structure and residential public open space (POS) quality
Critical Commons Scholarship
Mapping the New Commons
Political boundary spanning
How Political Accountability Undermines Public Service Ethics
Urban Regimes and the Capacity to Govern
The Limits to Public Value, or Rescuing Responsible Government from the Platonic Guardians
Transforming the Public Sector Into an Arena for Co-Creation
Theorising the urban commons
Urban Politics Reconsidered
Bringing the Politics Back In
Changing governance structures and the evolution of Public Service Bargains in Hong Kong
Boundary Spanners in Public Management and Governance
Looking Back to Look Forward
Still the Century of Corporatism
Putting the “Public” Back in Public Values Research
Policy Networks and Governance Networks
How public leaders can promote public value through co-creation
An Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance
Managing the Inclusion Process in Collaborative Governance
Hong Kong
The Competent Boundary Spanner
The Tragedy of the Anticommons
Collaborative Governance in Theory and Practice
The critical incident technique
The Making of a Corporatist State in Hong Kong
Uncommon Ground
The Rise of Illiberal Democracy
The City as a Growth Machine
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |