Social participation of social organizations in education governance in China

This study aims to understand how social organizations participate in education governance and they interact with state actors the context of China from a network perspective. Based on multiple case study, we selected four (a think tank, an academic association, domestic, overseas organization each focused educational philanthropy) for this qualitative investigation. The findings indicate that although government People’s Republic uses approach steer country’s system, maintains its supremacy over organizations, leading hierarchical submissive policy networks. However, may obtain freedom conduct their work influence system if could gain government’s political trust support. These study’s suggest mode Chinese is mixture government, characterized by bureaucratic top-down governing, governance, steering society via collaborations nonstate actors. Therefore, it can be conceptualized as reflecting China’s ideological systems emphasizing institutional monitoring supervision through networks strengthen state’s governing capabilities top down.