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Surviving local government policy intervention: the case of embedded markets within a historical cultural cluster
Author(s) -
Zhuang Yuting Jane,
Everett André M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of public affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1479-1854
pISSN - 1472-3891
DOI - 10.1002/pa.1612
Subject(s) - china , government (linguistics) , public policy , perception , grounded theory , local government , economic interventionism , business cluster , capital (architecture) , intervention (counseling) , cluster (spacecraft) , economics , qualitative research , sociology , economy , business , economic growth , political science , public administration , social science , psychology , law , geography , philosophy , psychiatry , linguistics , mechanism (biology) , politics , computer science , programming language , archaeology , epistemology , neuroscience
China's name derives from “china” (porcelain), and “China” (pronounced as “Changnan”) is the former name of Jingdezhen, the capital city of porcelain—through whose exports of “blue‐and‐white” china the country gained international renown. The 2200‐year‐old porcelain cluster in Jingdezhen has survived through multiple empires with distinct policies towards the development of the city's dominant industry. This in‐depth case study examines interactions between local government and the business community to discover the effectiveness of policies and the perception of those policies by entrepreneurs through qualitative research employing Grounded Theory methodology. The centralized institutional structure in China contributes significantly to the findings of a total split of “government action” from “public perception” and leads to new considerations for policy‐makers to redesign their economic development strategies and plans to engender real effects in the desired direction. This paper also provides an exemplary lesson for historical cultural clusters seeking to escape from unfavorable policy interference. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.