Digital governance and institutional change: Examining the role of e-government in China's coal sector

TY - JOUR

T1 - Digital governance and institutional change

T2 - Examining the role of e-government in China's coal sector

AU - Schlæger, Jesper

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - Coal allocation in China is a seminal case of e-government in the political economy. The empirical phenomenon of market supporting e-government has not been systematically analysed. By developing and applying a digital governance model this article examines institutional change in a case of coal allocation reform in China. The case shows how the central state used e-government to get rid of planning overload. Coal allocation meetings were abolished in favour of an ecology of online market solutions. The findings suggest that further research on Chinese e-government would benefit from attention to the role of e-government in the political economy.

AB - Coal allocation in China is a seminal case of e-government in the political economy. The empirical phenomenon of market supporting e-government has not been systematically analysed. By developing and applying a digital governance model this article examines institutional change in a case of coal allocation reform in China. The case shows how the central state used e-government to get rid of planning overload. Coal allocation meetings were abolished in favour of an ecology of online market solutions. The findings suggest that further research on Chinese e-government would benefit from attention to the role of e-government in the political economy.

U2 - 10.2202/1944-2866.1014

DO - 10.2202/1944-2866.1014

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1944-2866

VL - 2

JO - Policy and Internet

JF - Policy and Internet

IS - 1

ER -