TY - JOUR
T1 - Institutionalist perspectives on international policy coordination in Asia
T2 - the case of NCD prevention policy
AU - Kay, Adrian
PY - 2018/1/2
Y1 - 2018/1/2
N2 - This paper argues that there is greater international policy coordination capacity in Asia than commonly acknowledged in claims about strong mutual assertions and recognition of national sovereignty. The paper dissects the notion of ‘weak institutions’ at the international level by developing conceptually an argument about relationships between formal and informal institutions. The argument is then illustrated by cases drawn from public health policy coordination in Asia. A brief concluding section highlights the relationship between formal and informal institutions as critical to investigations of the strength of different modes of international policy coordination in Asia.
AB - This paper argues that there is greater international policy coordination capacity in Asia than commonly acknowledged in claims about strong mutual assertions and recognition of national sovereignty. The paper dissects the notion of ‘weak institutions’ at the international level by developing conceptually an argument about relationships between formal and informal institutions. The argument is then illustrated by cases drawn from public health policy coordination in Asia. A brief concluding section highlights the relationship between formal and informal institutions as critical to investigations of the strength of different modes of international policy coordination in Asia.
KW - Health policy
KW - informalism
KW - institutionalism
KW - international policy coordination
KW - sovereignty
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021059408&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17516234.2017.1334848?journalCode=rapp20
U2 - 10.1080/17516234.2017.1334848
DO - 10.1080/17516234.2017.1334848
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021059408
SN - 1751-6234
VL - 11
SP - 83
EP - 97
JO - Journal of Asian Public Policy
JF - Journal of Asian Public Policy
IS - 1
ER -