Changing Governance and Public Policy in East Asia

ISBN-13: 9780415673891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 380 str.

Ka Ho Mok

Opis

The search for good governance has become an increasingly important element of public policy and public management and is high on the political agenda of East Asian countries. The need for robust governance structures and institutions was brought into sharp focus by the Asian Financial Crisis which adversely affected most East Asian societies. Since then they have begun to look for ways to restructure their public administration and political systems in order to develop new mechanisms and structures to promote good governance. This book focuses on how selected Asian states have responded to the growing impact of "liberalizing and marketizing trends" in public policy formulation and public management. To what extent is the "state-guided" regime in Asia still relevant to governing public policy / public management? What are the policy implications for a growing number of Asian states which are pursuing more pro-competition policy instruments? The book is a timely and important collection that offers critical analysis of the search for new governance in Asia and compares and contrasts experiences in selected Asian societies such as China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and other parts of South East Asia. Chapters are written by leading scholars in the fields of comparative development, policy and governance studies from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Search for Good Governance in Asia Ka Ho Mok and Ray Forrest  Part 1: Changing Policy Paradigms  1. Interpreting East Asian Social Policy Development: Paradigm Shifts or Policy Steadiness Anthony Cheung  2. Redefining Development in China: Towards A New Policy Paradigm for the New Century? Kinglun Ngok  3. Public Empowerment and Policy Science of Democracy: Chinese Perspective Weiqing Guo  4. The Changing Map in Japan’s Domestic Governance and its Impact on Public Policy Reforms Go Ito  Part 2: Changing Policy Instruments and Regulatory Regimes  5. Public Management Reforms in Hong Kong and Singapore: The Case of Public Hospitals M Ramesh  6. When Asian States Adopt Western Public Policy Instruments: Incorporation of National Universities in Asia Ka Ho Mok  7. Comparative Welfare Policy Instruments in East Asia: Embedding Trust in Policy Yeun Wen Ku  8. Regulatory Reform and Private Sector Development in China: A Case Study of Downsizing Administrative Licenses Bill Chou  Part 3: The Changing Role of the Private Sector in Public Policy  9. One Country, Two Capitalisms: The Challenge of Accommodating Capitalists’ Interests in Hong Kong and China Ray Yep  10. Business Structure and Power in Pension Development in Japan, Korea and Taiwan Young Jun Choi  11. Social Development or Social Inequality: Comparing Private Education Policies in Hong Kong and Singapore Michael H. Lee  12. Struggling among Economic Efficiency, Social Equality and Social Stability: Housing Monetarization Reform in China Yapeng Zhu Part 4: The Challenge for Urban Governance  13. Managing the Chaotic City? New Forms of Urban Governance and Challenge for East Asia Ray Forrest  14. The Governance of Urban Renaissance in Tokyo: Post-Urbanization and Enhanced Competitiveness Yosuke Hirayama  15. Urbanization, Low-Income Housing, and Urban Governance in South Korea Seong Kyu Ha