USC Price School of Public Policy

Shui Yan Tang

Shui Yan Tang

Professor
Frances R. and John J. Duggan Distinguished Professor in Public Administration

Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 206
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626

Phone: (213) 740-0379

Fax: (213) 740-0001

Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D. in Public Policy

Indiana University

Expertise

Environmental policy, organizational commitment, institutional analysis, microcredit, common-pool resources

Biographical sketch

Shui Yan Tang’s research focuses on institutional analysis and design, common-pool resource governance, environmental politics and policy, collaborative governance, and governance reform. He is the author of Institutions and Collective Action: Self-Governance in Irrigation (ICS Press, 1992) and Ten Principles for a Rule-ordered Society: Enhancing China’s Governing Capacity (China Economic Publishing House, 2012). He has published in numerous journals, including Comparative Politics, Economic Development Quarterly, Environment and Planning A, Governance, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Land Economics, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Public Administration Review, The China Quarterly, and World Development. Professor Tang was associate editor of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

Publications

  • S. Y. Tang, X. Zhan, and J. Bao, “Towards a Rule-ordered Society: A Research and Practical Framework for Public Governance Transition in China”; Fudan Public Administration Review (In Chinese); Forthcoming
  • Yee, W-H, C.W. H. Lo, and S. Y. Tang, “Assessing ecological modernization in China: Stakeholder demands and corporate environmental management practices”; The China Quarterly; Forthcoming
  • X. Zhan and S. Y. Tang, “Political Opportunities, Resource Constraints, and Policy Advocacy: A Longitudinal Study of Environmental NGOs in China”; Public Administration; 2012 Forthcoming
  • S. Y. Tang, Enhancing China’s Governing Capacity: Ten Principles for a Rule-Ordered Society; Beijing: China Economic Publishing House, (in both English and Chinese); 2012
  • Tang, S. Y., D. A. Mazmanian, and X. Zhan, “Understanding Collaborative Governance from the Rational Choice Perspective”; Fudan Public Administrative Review; 2011
  • Tang, C. P., S. Y. Tang, and C. Y. Chiu, “Inclusion, Identity, and Environmental Justice in New Democracies: The Politics of Pollution Remediation in Taiwan”; Comparative Politics pp. 333-350; 2011
  • Ju, C. B. and S. Y. Tang, “External Legitimacy, Goal Congruence, and Collective Resistance: Environmental NGOs and Land Use Politics in South Korea”; Urban Studies, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 811-825; 2011
  • C. B. Ju and S. Y. Tang, “External Legitimacy, Goal Congruence, and Collective Resistance: Environmental NGOs and Land Use Politics in South Korea,”; Urban Studies Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 811-825; 2011
  • Tang, C. P. and S. Y. Tang, “Institutional Adaptation and Community-based Conservation of Natural Resources: The Cases of the Tao and Atayal in Taiwan”; Human Ecology, Vol. 38, No. 1. 101-111; 2010
  • Ju, C. B. and S. Y. Tang, “Political Contestation and the Developmental Trajectories of Environmental NGOs in South Korea”; Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly; 2010
  • Lo, C. W. H., G. Fryxell, and S. Y. Tang, “Stakeholder Pressures from Perceived Environmental Impacts and the Effect on Corporate Management Programs in China”; Environmental Politics, Vol. 19, No. 6, 888-909; 2010
  • Tang, S. Y., C. W. H. Lo, and G. Fryxell, “Governance Reform, External Support, and Environmental Regulation Enforcement in Rural China: The Case of Guangdong Province”; Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 91, No. 10, 2008-2018; 2010
  • Tang, S. Y., and C. W. H. Lo, “The Political Economy of Service Organization Reform in China: An institutional Choice Perspective”; Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 19, No. 4, 731-767; 2009
  • Jung, Y.D., D.A. Mazmanian, and S. Y. Tang, Eds., Collaborative Governance in the United States and Korea; Seoul: Seoul National University Press; 2009
  • Jung, Y.D., D.A. Mazmanian, and S. Y. Tang, “Collaborative Governance in the United States and Korea: Cases in Negotiated Policymaking and Service Delivery, An Introduction”; International Review of Public Administration, Vol. 13 (Special Issue), 1-11; 2009
  • Tang, S.Y. and X. Zhan, “Civic Environmental NGOs, Civil Society, and Democratisation in China”; Journal of Development Studies Volume 44, Issue 3 pages 425-448; 2008
  • Tang, S. Y., and S. A. Buchan,, “Public Administration in Action: Preparing Professionals and the MPA Lab at USC”; Journal of Public Affairs Education, Vol. 14, No. 3, 383-397; 2008
  • Tang, S.Y. and J.H. Lim, “Urban E-government Initiatives and Environmental Decision Performance in Korea”; Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 18(1): 109-138; 2008
  • Delfin F., Jr. and S.Y. Tang, “Foundation Impact on Environmental NGOs: The Grantees’ Perspective”; Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly; 2008
  • Tang, S.Y., with P.J. Robertson and C.W.H. Lo, “Money, Mission or Match: Antecedents of Commitment among Public Employees in China”; Administration and Society, Vol. 39, No. 1, 3-24; 2007
  • Tang, S.Y. and F. Delfin, Jr., “Elitism, Pluralism, or Resource Dependency: Patterns of Environmental Philanthropy among Private Foundations in California”; Environment and Planning A, Vol. 39, No. 9, 2167-2186; 2007
  • Greenwald, H.P., with R. McCorkle and S.T. Tang, “Factors Related to Depressive Symptoms Among Long-Term Survivors of Cervical Cancer”; Health Care for Women International. 27: 45-58; 2006
  • Tang, S.Y. and F. Delfin, Jr., “Strategic Philanthropy, Land Conservation Governance, and The Packard Foundation’s Conserving California Landscape Initiative”; Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 3, 405-429; 2006
  • Tang, S.Y. and C.P. Tang, “Democratization and Capacity Building for Environmental Governance: Managing Land-subsidence in Taiwan”; Environment and Planning A, Vol. 38, No. 6, 1131-1141; 2006
  • Tang, S.Y. and C.W.H. Lo, “Institutional Reform, Economic Changes, and Local Environmental Management in China: The Case of Guangdong Province”; Environmental Politics, Vol. 15, No. 2, 190-211; 2006
  • F. Delfin, Jr. and S. Y. Tang, “Philanthropic Strategies in Place-Based, Collaborative Land Conservation: The Packard Foundation’s Conserving California Landscape Initiative” Vol. 35, No. 3, 405-429; Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly; 2006
  • Tang, S.Y., Review of X. Ma and L. Ortolano, “Environmental regulation in China: Institutions enforcements, and compliance”; Lanham, MD: Wowman & Littlefield, 209 pp.; 2000
  • Tang, Shui Yan with C.P. Tang, “Democratizing Bureaucracy: The Political Economy of Environmental Impact Assessment and Air Pollution Fees”; Comparative Politics, 33(1): 81-99; 2000
  • Tang, Shui Yan with C.P. Tang, “Democratization and the Environment: Entrepreneurial Politics and Interest Representation in Taiwan”; The China Quarterly, 157: 350-366; 1999
  • Tang, Shui Yan with N. Bhatt, “The Problem of Transaction Costs in Group-Based Microlending: An Institutional Perspective”; World Development, 26(4): 623-637; 1998
  • Tang, Shui Yan with N. Bhatt, “Group-Based Micro Finance and Economic Development”; in K.T. Liou, ed., Handbook of Economic Development, New York: Marcel Dekker, pp. 115-138; 1998
  • Tang, Shui Yan with S. Kwon, “Reinventing Government: A Critique from an Institutional Perspective”; International Journal of Public Administration, 21(10): 1449-1471; 1998
  • Tang, Shui Yan with V. Prakash and C.P. Tang, “Local Enforcement of Pollution Control in Developing Countries: A Comparison of Guangzhou, Delhi, and Taipei”; Journal of Public Policy, 18(3): 265-283; 1998