Interorganizational Policy Coordination: A Taiwan Case of Carbon Capture and Storage Policy
Yun-Hsiang Hsu, Jui-Chu Lin*
Abstract
Policy coordination is seen as a mechanism that aims to enhance alignment of tasks and efforts of public organizations as well as their respective professional field. This mechanism is used to create policy coherence, and to reduce redundancy, vacuum and contradictions in the process of policy implementation. The dynamic alignment process seeks to balance the coordination and specialization across different organizations, which cannot be explained by past research focused on static organizational structure. This study uses carbon capture and storage (CCS) policy as an example and adopts the analytic tool developed by Bouckaert et al. Three types of mechanism—market, network, and hierarchy—are identified in four different coalitions/ committees. We find that the change of types reflects the coordination needs from organization members over an observed seven-year period. This study suggests further adjustment in CCS policy coordination that is needed to fulfill the national commitment under COP21, and proposes a theoretical principal of the design as well as the evaluation of policy coordination.
Keywords: policy coordination, specialization, carbon capture and storage
* Yun-Hsiang Hsu, Assistant Professor of Graduate Institute of Law and Government, National Central University, email: yhhsu@cc.ncu.edu.tw.
Jui-Chu Lin, Distinguished Professor of The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, email: reju@ms31.hinet.net.