ABSTRACT Although Asia has a long history of governance practice, its modern governance has been disproportionately influenced by the Western models. Given the shifting global political economic landscape and a re-emerging Asia in recent decades, there is an urgent need to explore the potential of Asian models of governance. Could there be an Asian model of governance that is distinct from the Western ones? If so, what are the key characteristics? In conjunction with the special issue, this introduction article attempts to partially answer these questions. Based upon the existing literature and critical reflections, the authors propose a preliminary analytical framework for an emerging Asian model of governance by incorporating two interlinked phenomena: shared cultural, historical norms and trajectories, and intra-regional transnational knowledge transfer. Six articles constituting the special issue are also briefly introduced within this framework, with the aim of contributing to a better understanding of Asian governance experiences and theoretical debates on the evolving modes of public governance.

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亚洲新兴的治理和跨国知识转移模式：简介

摘要尽管亚洲有着悠久的治理实践历史，但其现代治理却受到西方模式的巨大影响。鉴于全球政治经济格局的变化和近几十年来亚洲的重新崛起，迫切需要探索亚洲治理模式的潜力。难道会有一种不同于西方的亚洲治理模式吗？如果是这样，主要特征是什么？结合特刊，本引言文章试图部分回答这些问题。在现有文献和批判性思考的基础上，作者通过纳入两个相互关联的现象，即共同的文化，历史规范和轨迹，和区域内跨国知识转移。在此框架内还简要介绍了构成该专题的六篇文章，目的是有助于更好地理解亚洲治理经验以及有关不断发展的公共治理模式的理论辩论。