Assessing the impact of informal governance on political innovation
本文研究非正式治理（非成文、非制度化的决策方式）如何影响政治创新，包括制度、过程和结果三个维度，发现即使正式制度薄弱，政治创新仍可蓬勃发展。
The aim of this article is to examine the role played by ‘informal governance’ in shaping political innovation. Informal governance can be defined as a means of decision-making that is un-codified, non-institutional and where social relationships play crucial roles. This article explores the impact of informal governance on three dimensions of political innovation – innovations in polity (institutions), politics (process) and policy (outcomes). It argues that an analysis of informal governance is essential if we are to fully understand how political innovation occurs. Research evidence suggests that even when formal structures and procedures are weak political innovation can still thrive.