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  1. Article: Public Perceptions About Smart Cities: Governance and Quality-of-Life in Hong Kong.

    Hartley, Kris

    Social indicators research

    2023  Volume 166, Issue 3, Page(s) 731–753

    Abstract: This study analyzes public perceptions about the impact of 'smart cities' programs on governance and quality-of-life. With smart city scholarship focusing primarily on technical and managerial issues, political legitimacy remains relatively underexplored- ...

    Abstract This study analyzes public perceptions about the impact of 'smart cities' programs on governance and quality-of-life. With smart city scholarship focusing primarily on technical and managerial issues, political legitimacy remains relatively underexplored-particularly in non-Western contexts. Drawing on a Hong Kong-based survey of over 800 residents conducted in 2019, this study analyzes the results of probit regressions on dependent variables for governance (participation, transparency, public services, communication, and fairness) and quality-of-life (buildings, energy-environment, mobility-transportation, education, and health). Findings show more optimism about the impact of smart cities on quality-of-life than on governance. Awareness about the smart city concept associates positively with expectations about smart city benefits, but the effect is sensitive to education level and income. This study deepens understandings about the political legitimacy of smart cities, at a time when urban governments are accelerating investments in related technologies. More broadly, it adds contextual nuance to research about state-society relations and, at a practical level, supports policy recommendations to strengthen information and awareness campaigns, better articulate smart city benefits, and openly acknowledge limitations.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2018687-3
    ISSN 1573-0921 ; 0303-8300
    ISSN (online) 1573-0921
    ISSN 0303-8300
    DOI 10.1007/s11205-023-03087-9
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  2. Article ; Online: Policy Assemblages and Policy Resilience

    Kris Hartley / Michael Howlett

    Politics and Governance, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 451-

    Lessons for Non-Design from Evolutionary Governance Theory

    2021  Volume 459

    Abstract: Evolutionary governance theory (EGT) provides a basis for holistically analyzing the shifting contexts and dynamics of policymaking in settings with functional differentiation and complex subsystems. Policy assemblages, as mixes of policy tools and goals, ...

    Abstract Evolutionary governance theory (EGT) provides a basis for holistically analyzing the shifting contexts and dynamics of policymaking in settings with functional differentiation and complex subsystems. Policy assemblages, as mixes of policy tools and goals, are an appropriate unit of analysis for EGT because they embody the theory’s emphasis on co-evolving elements within policy systems. In rational practice, policymakers design policies within assemblages by establishing objectives, collecting information, comparing options, strategizing implementation, and selecting instruments. However, as EGT implies, this logical progression does not always materialize so tidily—some policies emerge from carefully considered blueprints while others evolve from muddled processes, laissez faire happenstance, or happy accident. Products of the latter often include loosely steered, unmoored, and ‘non-designed’ path dependencies that confound linear logic and are understudied in the policy literature. There exists the need for a more intricate analytical vocabulary to describe this underexplored ‘chaotic’ end of the policy design spectrum, as conjuring images of ‘muddles’ or ‘messes’ has exhausted its usefulness. This article introduces a novel metaphor for non-design—the bird nest—to bring studies of policy design and non-design into lexical harmony.
    Keywords evolutionary governance theory ; policy assemblages ; policy design ; policy instruments ; policy metaphors ; policy mixes ; policy non-design ; public policy ; Political science (General) ; JA1-92
    Subject code 360 ; 320
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Cogitatio
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article: Fighting fake news in the COVID-19 era: policy insights from an equilibrium model.

    Hartley, Kris / Vu, Minh Khuong

    Policy sciences

    2020  Volume 53, Issue 4, Page(s) 735–758

    Abstract: The COVID-19 crisis has revealed structural failures in governance and coordination on a global scale. With related policy interventions dependent on verifiable evidence, pandemics require governments to not only consider the input of experts but also ... ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 crisis has revealed structural failures in governance and coordination on a global scale. With related policy interventions dependent on verifiable evidence, pandemics require governments to not only consider the input of experts but also ensure that science is translated for public understanding. However, misinformation and fake news, including content shared through social media, compromise the efficacy of evidence-based policy interventions and undermine the credibility of scientific expertise with potentially longer-term consequences. We introduce a formal mathematical model to understand factors influencing the behavior of social media users when encountering fake news. The model illustrates that direct efforts by social media platforms and governments, along with informal pressure from social networks, can reduce the likelihood that users who encounter fake news embrace and further circulate it. This study has implications at a practical level for crisis response in politically fractious settings and at a theoretical level for research about post-truth and the construction of fact.
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-09-09
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type News
    ZDB-ID 2018631-9
    ISSN 1573-0891 ; 0032-2687
    ISSN (online) 1573-0891
    ISSN 0032-2687
    DOI 10.1007/s11077-020-09405-z
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  4. Article: Environmental resilience and intergovernmental collaboration in the Pearl River Delta

    Hartley, Kris

    International journal of water resources development. 2018 July 4, v. 34, no. 4

    2018  

    Abstract: Water resource management is a crucial issue in the rapidly urbanizing Pearl River Delta. Numerous studies have examined transboundary water management, but those focusing on Hong Kong are largely technical, with little consideration for political ... ...

    Abstract Water resource management is a crucial issue in the rapidly urbanizing Pearl River Delta. Numerous studies have examined transboundary water management, but those focusing on Hong Kong are largely technical, with little consideration for political dynamics or collaboration. This study’s contribution is a systematic analysis of water governance in China’s ‘one country–two systems’ setting. Through interviews and historical analysis, the study applies Ostrom’s Institutional Analysis and Development framework to a setting with political complexity and environmental vulnerability. The principal finding is that cooperation on supply infrastructure reflects a regional interdependence that builds the multiparty trust needed for more strategic governance.
    Keywords governance ; infrastructure ; interviews ; politics ; river deltas ; rivers ; water management ; China
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2018-0704
    Size p. 525-546.
    Publishing place Routledge
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2016525-0
    ISSN 1360-0648 ; 0790-0627
    ISSN (online) 1360-0648
    ISSN 0790-0627
    DOI 10.1080/07900627.2017.1382334
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  5. Article: Policymaking in a low-trust state: legitimacy, state capacity, and responses to COVID-19 in Hong Kong.

    Hartley, Kris / Jarvis, Darryl S L

    Policy & society

    2020  Volume 39, Issue 3, Page(s) 403–423

    Abstract: With indiscriminate geographic and socio-economic reach, COVID-19 has visited destruction of life and livelihoods on a largely unprepared world and can arguably be declared the new millennium's most trying test of state capacity. Governments are facing ... ...

    Abstract With indiscriminate geographic and socio-economic reach, COVID-19 has visited destruction of life and livelihoods on a largely unprepared world and can arguably be declared the new millennium's most trying test of state capacity. Governments are facing an urgent mandate to mobilize quickly and comprehensively in response, drawing not only on public resources and coordination capabilities but also on the cooperation and buy-in of civil society. Political and institutional legitimacy are crucial determinants of effective crisis management, and low-trust states lacking such legitimacy suffer a profound disadvantage. Social and economic crises attending the COVID-19 pandemic thus invite scholarly reflection about public attitudes, social leadership, and the role of social and institutional memory in the context of systemic disruption. This article examines Hong Kong as a case where failure to respond effectively could have been expected due to low levels of public trust and political legitimacy, but where, in fact, crisis response was unexpectedly successful. The case exposes underdevelopment in scholarly assumptions about the connections among political legitimacy, societal capacity, and crisis response capabilities. As such, this calls for a more nuanced understanding of how social behaviours and norms are structured and reproduced amidst existential uncertainties and policy ambiguities caused by sudden and convergent crises, and how these can themselves generate resources that bolster societal capacity in the fight against pandemics.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-23
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2456774-7
    ISSN 1839-3373 ; 1449-4035
    ISSN (online) 1839-3373
    ISSN 1449-4035
    DOI 10.1080/14494035.2020.1783791
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  6. Article: The moral hazards of smart water management

    Hartley, Kris / Kuecker, Glen

    Water international. 2020 Aug. 17, v. 45, no. 6

    2020  

    Abstract: Smart water management (SWM) brings technological sophistication to water governance by providing monitoring, operational and communications capacities through real-time information. SWM’s quantification appeals to metric-driven governance but, we argue, ...

    Abstract Smart water management (SWM) brings technological sophistication to water governance by providing monitoring, operational and communications capacities through real-time information. SWM’s quantification appeals to metric-driven governance but, we argue, also perpetuates a technocratic and instrumental-rationalist mindset. The peril of this mindset is that it sees technology as a solution for sustainability problems caused by deep-seated structural and behavioural faults. This essay reflects on this dynamic by siting the SWM concept within discussions about technocracy, moral hazard and power dynamics. It suggests that SWM’s rhetorical positioning undermines its own goals while naively seeking universal applicability, resolvable by embracing the precautionary principle.
    Keywords governance ; precautionary principle ; water ; water management
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2020-0817
    Size p. 693-701.
    Publishing place Routledge
    Document type Article
    Note NAL-AP-2-clean
    ISSN 1941-1707
    DOI 10.1080/02508060.2020.1805579
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  7. Article ; Online: A policy framework for the circular economy: Lessons from the EU

    Hartley, Kris / Schülzchen, Steffen / Bakker, Conny A. / Kirchherr, Julian

    Journal of Cleaner Production. 2023 Aug., v. 412 p.137176-

    2023  

    Abstract: Transitioning from the ‘take-make-dispose’ linear production system to a circular economy can strengthen sustainability, and governments play a vital role. Recent scholarship has investigated policies for circular economy transition, but few studies take ...

    Abstract Transitioning from the ‘take-make-dispose’ linear production system to a circular economy can strengthen sustainability, and governments play a vital role. Recent scholarship has investigated policies for circular economy transition, but few studies take a perspective on circularity reform that spans geographies, industries, and product life-cycle stages. This article fills that gap by introducing a policy framework for the circular economy that includes over 100 policy instruments. The framework is developed from a review of 572 studies published in the academic and grey literature, along with policy databases and other documents. The findings are validated and supplemented by data from 33 semi-structured interviews with circular economy experts including scholars, policymakers, and representatives from NGOs and businesses. Derived primarily from the EU context but broadly applicable, the framework categorizes circular economy policies into nine groups. Six groups correspond to stages of the product life-cycle and three are overarching, capturing a holistic perspective mostly lacking in the literature. This study aims to promote a more structured discussion about circular economy policies and provides directions for future research by identifying topics where scholarship is thin. In addition to advancing theory, the framework can also serve as an assessment lens for designing circular economy policies.
    Keywords business enterprises ; circular economy ; cleaning ; databases ; design ; developmental stages ; experts ; geography ; industry ; interviews ; issues and policy ; journals ; production technology ; transitional economic systems ; Resource efficiency ; Public policy ; Regulation ; Sustainability transition ; Industrial ecology
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2023-08
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article ; Online
    ISSN 0959-6526
    DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137176
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  8. Article ; Online: Fighting fake news in the COVID-19 era

    Hartley, Kris / Vu, Minh Khuong

    Policy Sciences ; ISSN 0032-2687 1573-0891

    policy insights from an equilibrium model

    2020  

    Keywords Development ; Sociology and Political Science ; General Social Sciences ; Public Administration ; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1007/s11077-020-09405-z
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  9. Article ; Online: Policymaking in a low-trust state

    Hartley, Kris / Jarvis, Darryl S. L.

    Policy and Society

    legitimacy, state capacity, and responses to COVID-19 in Hong Kong

    2020  Volume 39, Issue 3, Page(s) 403–423

    Keywords Political Science and International Relations ; Sociology and Political Science ; Public Administration ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Informa UK Limited
    Publishing country uk
    Document type Article ; Online
    ISSN 1449-4035
    DOI 10.1080/14494035.2020.1783791
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  10. Book ; Online: Can government think?

    Hartley, Kris

    flexible economic opportunism and the pursuit of global competitiveness

    2015  

    Author's details Kris Hartley
    Keywords Economic development/Planning ; Economic policy ; Institutional economics ; Public administration
    Language English
    Size Online-Ressource (vi, 222 pages)
    Publisher Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    Publishing place London ;New York, NY
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index
    ISBN 1138782750 ; 1317592824 ; 9781138782754 ; 9781315744674 ; 9781317592822 ; 1315744678
    Database Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

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