Public service reform in East Asia : reform issues and challenges in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong / edited by Anthony B.L. Cheung.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cheung, Anthony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service reform--East Asia.

Civil service reform.

Civil service reform--China--Hong Kong.

Civil service reform--Japan.

Civil service reform--Korea.

Civil service reform--Singapore.

Civil service--East Asia.

Civil service.

Civil service--China--Hong Kong.

Civil service--Japan.

Japan.

Civil service--Korea.

Civil service--Singapore.

Singapore.

Korea.

China--Hong Kong.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

x, 299 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Reform issues and challenges in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, [2005]

Summary:

Public service reform, or public sector reform, has been a hot topic among political scientists in recent years as most existing government structures are inadequate to cope with the ever-changing environments of globalism in terms of capital and technology, not to mention domestic socio-political pressures. This is particularly true among Asian countries where the traditional bureaucracy has been strong as compared to a relatively weak sense of civil society. Traditional relations between government, the business sector and labour, which slowly have taken shape in the last two decades, are now once again challenged through de-colonialization in Hong Kong, democratization in Korea, decentralization in Singapore and technological innovation in Japan.

This timely collection addresses a variety of selected reform issues confronted by these four developed Asian economies. The areas of reform covered range from human resource management, financial management and pay reform, to central agency role, service improvements, private sector involvement and political accountability. Book jacket.

Contents:

2 The Debilitating Power of Japan's Central Government Bureaucrats in Civil Service Reform: Reality or Fallacy? / Akira Nakamura 19

3 Human Resource Management in Local Government in Japan: Changing Strategies in the New Environment / Kengo Akizuki 39

4 Making the Civil Service Competent: A Case Study of the Korean Civil Service Reform / Pan Suk Kim 63

5 Implementing PS21 in the Singapore Police Force, 1995-2002: A Case Study of Civil Service Reform / Jon S. T. Quah 83

6 Recent Changes in the Financial Management of the Singapore Civil Service: The Adoption of Resource Accounting, Internal Charging and Revenue Retention / David Seth Jones 105

7 Enhancing "Executive Accountability" in the Hong Kong Government / John P. Burns 125

8 Civil Service Pay Reform in Hong Kong: Principles, Politics and Paradoxes / Anthony B. L. Cheung 157

9 Outsourcing: Enhancing Private Sector Involvement in Public Sector Services Provision in Hong Kong / Mark Richard Hayllar 193

10 Bureaucratic Autonomy and Administrative Reform Capacity in East and Southeast Asia / Martin Painter 231

Appendix A Highlights of Public Service Reform in Japan since the 1990s 257

Appendix B Highlights of Public Service Reform in Korea since the 1990s 259

Appendix C Highlights of Public Service Reform in Singapore since the 1990s 263

Appendix D Highlights of Public Service Reform in Hong Kong since the 1990s 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-295) and index.

ISBN:

9629961946

9629962349

OCLC:

57653137