Changing Governance and Public Policy in East Asia (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Mok, Ka Ho; Forrest, Ray

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers critical analysis of the search for new governance in Asia, comparing and contrasting the experiences of different Asian societies, including: China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134118274
• Artikelnr.: 42976477

Autorenporträt

Ka Ho Mok is Associate Dean and Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. He has researched and published in the fields of comparative education, public policy and governance and social development in East Asia. Most recently, he has been appointed as Visiting Professor of University of Bristol, Distinguished Professor of National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan and International Advisor of the National Taiwan University. Ray Forrest is Professor of Urban Studies and Associate Director of CEAS. He is also co-director (with Professor Ade Kearns, University of Glasgow) of the ESRC Centre for Neighbourhood Research. Ray is currently a Visiting Professor at the Department of Urban Studies at Glasgow University and Adjunct Professor at the City University of Hong Kong. He has published extensively on urban and housing issues and his current research interests focus on the role and meaning of neighbourhood in the contemporary city; housing markets, the macro economy and globalization; housing policy and social inequalities.

Inhaltsangabe

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