Acknowledgements 3


Part 1. Cross-national Comparison of Citizen Views on Social Conflicts and Conflict Management System


Chapter 1. Factors Affecting the Collaborative Participation of Citizens in Public Conflict: The Paradox of Participation 15
[Sook Jong Lee and Bomi Kim]
Introduction 15
Theoretical Debates and Research Framework 17
Data 25
Survey Findings on Social Conflicts 26
Factors Influencing Citizen Participation in Public Conflict 30
Conclusion 45

Chapter 2. Towards a Collaborative Governance: Exploring Consequences ofConflict Resolution Initiatives in Asia 50
[Reginald G. Ugaddan, Na Gyeom Yang, and Sung Min Park]
Introduction 50
Literature Review and Hypotheses 54
Methods 61
Findings and Results 66

Chapter 3. Comparative Analysis of the Nuclear Energy Policy Process in South Korea and Japan: Focusing on Citizen Participation Systems Enhancing Coexistence 91
[Jeong Ho Yoo and Rosa Minhyo Cho]
Introduction 91
Citizen Participation System in the Policy-making Process 95
Continuity of Policy―Local Government’s Right to Consent to the Construction of Nuclear Power Plants 107
Conclusion and Implications 114


Part 2. Government-Citizen Collaboration in a Public Program


Chapter 4. Good Practices in Collaborative Governance: Local Governments and Galing Pook in the Philippines 123
[Alex B. Brillantes Jr. and Karl Emmanuel V. Ruiz]
Overview 123
Enabling Collaborative Governance 127
Good and Best Practices in the Philippines 133
Factors for Collaborative Governance 145

Chapter 5. Collaborative Local Governance in Japan: Configuration and Practical Development 171
[Masao Kikuchi]
Introduction 171
Areas and Levels of Collaborative Governance in Japan: Configuration and practice 173
Collaborative Governance Practiced by Japanese LocalGovernments 178
Lesson Learned and Concluding Remarks 185

Chapter 6. Conflict and Collaboration in Korean Energy Policy in the Era of Climate Change: Actor, Process, and Governance 189
[Youhyun Lee, Minhyuk Cho, and Hyung Jun Park]
Introduction 189
Key Energy Policy Actors in Korea 190
Energy Policymaking Process 196
Governance in Korean Energy Policy 201
Concluding Remarks 208

Chapter 7. Democratic Subjectivities in Collaborative Governance: A Q Methodology Study on Participants of a Local Placemaking Program in Taiwan 213
[Milan Tung-Wen Sun, Jessica Yu-Wen Lin, and Windy Thi-Ngoc-Minh Phan]
Introduction 213
Collaborative Governance and Democratic Quality 215
Research Design and Data Collection 219
Results and Analysis 222
Discussions and Conclusion 227


Part 3. Inter-Governmental Collaborative Governance


Chapter 8. How Does the Regional Collaborative Governance Mechanism of Air Pollution in China Operate Well?: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta 241
[Jiannan Wu, Qianqian Liu, Zitao Chen, and Zhao Qin]
Introduction 241
Theoretical Basis and Analytical Framework 244
Characteristics of the Collaborative Governance Mechanisms 247
Institutional Logic of the Collaborative Governance Mechanism 257
Discussions and Conclusion 263

Chapter 9. Cooperation Willingness, Risk and Partner Selection: A Study on Pan Pearl River Delta in China 269
[Liming Suo, Yanqiu Kan, Jie Ma, and Bin Chen]
Introduction 269
Bilateral Cooperation Tendency: Willingness and risks 272
The Cooperation Tendency Model 277
Case Study of the Pan Pearl River Delta 281
Conclusion and Discussion 292

Chapter 10. Interagency Relationship within the Collaborative Governance Model in the Prosecution of Corruption in Indonesia 299
[Azwar Abubakar and Eko Prasojo]
Introduction 299
Literature Review 302

Chapter 11. Collaborative Disaster Risk Governance in Thailand 333
[Tavida Kamolvej and Wasan Luangprapat]
Conceptualizing Collaborative Governance in Disaster and Emergency Management 336
Arguments on Thailand’s Collaborative Disaster Risk Governance 339
Thai Governance: Structures, systems, and mechanisms 339
Thailand Disaster Risk Governance: Structures, systems, and mechanisms 342
Thailand’s Disaster Risk Governance Policy 347
The Journey from the 2004 Tsunami to the 2011 Flood and COVID-19 Pandemic: Has Thailand improved its disaster risk management? 350
Challenges: Ways forward for Thailand toward efficient disaster risk governance 354

Index 360