A Phenomenology of Institutions: Relationality and Governance in China and Beyond by Raul Lejano, Jia Guo, Hongping Lian, & Bo Yin

  • Edna Estifania A. Co National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines

Abstract

The book, A Phenomenology of Institutions: Relationality and Governance in China and Beyond, is an offshoot of Frameworks for Policy Analysis, a book first published by the Tsinghua University Press in 2006. A Phenomenology of Institutions initially describes some concepts in institution studies. But, reading on, one realizes that the book does not follow the style and thinking of Douglass North and Elinor Ostrom, who examined institutions as a set of rules, nor is it simply about lines of authority typical of the Weberian tradition.

Author Biography

Edna Estifania A. Co, National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines
Edna Estifania A. Co is Professor at the National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines (UP-NCPAG). She served as UP-NCPAG Dean from 2010 to 2013 and as the Director of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS). She was also the Vice President for Public Affairs of the University of the Philippines under President Alfredo E. Pascual. She is currently the Director of the UP Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga (UPDEPP). She obtained her doctoral and master’s degrees in Public Administration from UP-NCPAG.
Published
2022-03-14
Issue
Vol 64 No 2 (2020)
Section
Book Review

Keywords

phenomenology; institutions; governance, relationality; policy analysis