A Comparison of Cross-Boundary Governance Theories—Analysis of Two Cases in the Taipei Metropolitan Area

• Main Authors: Hui-Chi Wang, 王惠琪
• Other Authors: 王宏文
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79912962610289918776

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 政治學研究所 === 101 === Nowadays social affairs tend to be more complicated than the past; thus, it would not be enough to deal with some issues by classifing jurisdictional districts based on geographic areas. As a result, cross-boundary governance issues not only become more and more popular but also arouse highly attention from the public. This thesis basically explores the process of management and collaboration from the following two cases, one is Pan-Hsin Area Water Supply Improvement Plan and the other is Bali Sewage Treatment Plant, which both located in the Taipei Metropolitan area. This thesis mainly includes two purposes: one is the comparison of two cases, and the other is the comparison of Context, Content, and Process Framework (CCP Framework) and five cross-boundary governance theories, that is, Social Network Theory, Institutional Theory, Stakeholder Theory, Resource Dependence Theory and Transactional Cost Theory. Observing from the analyzed result in the tap water case, owing to the growth of water demand in Taoyuan area and Pan-Hsin area, Water Resources Agency Ministry of Economic Affairs establishes Pan-Hsin Area Water Supply Improvement Plan. Moreover, the relationship of Taipei Water Department and Taiwan Water Corporation is affected by this consequence. Besides, incentives, attitude and interdependent recognition of the cooperated project are obviously unable to reach a consensus resulting that Taipei Water Department and Taiwan Water Corporation are on the diverse side of the price and quantity of the water dealings issue. In the sewage case, in order to improve environmental sanitation and prevent river pollution in the Taipei Metropolitan area, Construction and Planning Agency Ministry of the Interior designs the Danshui River Sewage Piping System to manage the sewage of Taipei City, New Taipei City and Keelung City. After that, through two Executive Yuan Public Construction Superintend Meetings, Taipei City Government becomes the substitute authority of the system. Thus, whether Taipei City Government Public Works Department Sewage Systems Office transfers Bali Sewage Treatment Plant to New Taipei City Government Water Resources Department or not will be a crucial issue. Indeed, the relationship of Taipei City and New Taipei City keeps very well through the assistance of the Danshui River Sewage Piping System Operation and Management Committee. Although Taipei City and New Taipei City have different conditions and abilities, their recognition and perceived level of interdependency is very high. The second research purpose is the comparison of theories, and the result shows that CCP Framework can include other cross-boundary governance theories. The external context is the remote cause, the institutional context is the base, and the interorganizational collaboration context and the organizational context are the occasions. CCP Framework not only contains five cross-boundary governance theories’ content, but also reinforces the shortcomings of the explanation of single theory; thus, CCP Framework is probably a better analytic framework than other cross-boundary governance theories. Last of all, through the results of the two comparisons, the final goal of the thesis is hope to offer referable value of cross-boundary governance theories and the specific cases.