State-Market-Civil Society Co-operation in

Social Welfare and Environmental Protection

Prof. Berthold KuhnSpring 2013

Xiamen University

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Content of the Course

• State Market Civil Society – theories and practices of cooperation from different countries.

• Focus on two cooperation areas: social welfare and environmental protection.

• Mix of lectures of Professor, students presentations (with support of Professor), discussions and simulation games.

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Why is it so essential to understand S-M-C cooperation in the modern world?

• Increased Complexity• From Government to GOVERNANCE: state-

centered to multi-centered (polycentric)• Transformation of power, trade, social

interaction leads to new arrangements.• New Actors, New Stakeholders, New Forms of

interaction, New Processes.• more opportunities for voice and participation

(better education, technology, mobility)

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The quest for innovation

• State failure, market failure (or “limitations of success”) in certain policy areas

• The third sector is supposed to play a leading role in public sector innovations…(Pestoff 2012, p. 1102)

• Networking, resource sharing, information sharing, access sharing, cost sharing

• Co-production of service: users, community, public sector, private sector, NGOs

Dear SPA/SPP students,

Please visit my course on Monday afternoon hours in spring 2013 at Xiamen University to learn more about state-market-civil society cooperation in social welfare and environmental protection.

Berthold Kuhn, Xiamen, January 2013