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A Case Study on the Transition from Individual Value to Public Value in the Agenda-Setting Stage During Policy-Making Process

Authors
Yu Zhang1, *, Jie Wang1, Jikai Nie1, Yunyu Fan2, Weizhong Liu1
1Research Center for Government Governance and Public Policy, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
2School of Politics and Public Administration, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
*Corresponding author. Email: glzhangyu@yzu.edu.cn
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Yu Zhang
Available Online 20 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-43-5_12How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Individual value; Public value; Policy agenda-setting; Policy-making process; Yangzhou Chemical Co. Youjia Program (YCYP)
Abstract

Public value facilitates the democratization of public policy making, it should be the common-sense and bottom-line for policymakers. However, it has not been paid enough attention by the practical and theoretical circles. How to realize the transformation from individual value to public value and make public policies be in line with citizens’ preferences, is vital for the democratic politics. How individual value becomes public value in the agenda-setting stage during the policy-making process? What are the key influencing factors? Using the case of Yangzhou Chemical Co. Youjia Program and interview data, this paper studies the mechanisms that could make individual value be transformed to public value through deeply observing and measuring individuals’ attitudes, demands, motivations, beliefs, and preferences. We argue that (1) public value is an essential foundation for agenda setting and guidance to policy making, whereas individual value cannot naturally substitute value orientation in the public sphere. (2) Transferring individual value to public value can reduce divergence appearing in the subsequent stage in policy activities. (3) Factors that can influence this transformation are policy subjects, relations, rule and expression channels with various determinants and conditions. (4) Public value can terminate irrational and unreasonable policies or drag the policy issues back into the agenda-setting stage. This paper provides unique insights into why individual citizens enter the public sphere to take public actions so that the Chinese government can recognize additional public opinions, which makes cooperative governance be realized.

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Proceedings of The 7th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (Philosophy of Being Human as the Core of Interdisciplinary Research)(ICCESSH 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
20 December 2022
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978-2-494069-43-5
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-43-5_12How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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