Political patronage in Asian bureaucracies / edited by B. Guy Peters, Colin Knox, Byong-Seob Kim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peters, B. Guy, editor.

Kim, Byong-Seob, 1953- editor.

Knox, Colin, 1953- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patronage, Political--Asia--Case studies.

Patronage, Political.

Bureaucracy--Asia--Case studies.

Bureaucracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 340 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Political patronage is defined as political actors appointing individuals at their discretion to key positions in the public sector. The book examines this practice in the bureaucracies of 11 Asian countries through the use of a typological framework of patronage types. The framework is based on two key criteria: basis of trust and the major role of political appointees. Several countries with well-developed civil service systems showed minimal levels of patronage (Japan, Singapore and South Korea). Two countries with a weak civil service showed very high levels of patronage appointments (Bangladesh and India). Sandwiched between those extremes are countries with formal civil service systems that are heavily influenced by political parties and by social ties to society (Vietnam, Kazakhstan, and China). The book concludes that not all patronage is the same and what is important is the tasks being performed by appointees and the nature of the trust relationship.

Contents:

Patronage in Asian political systems : a framework for research / B. Guy Peters

Governing the global city's mandarinate : politically motivated sppointments in Singapore's public sector / Assel Mussagulova and George Wong

Patronage and politicisation in the Indian administrative service / Naresh Chandra Saxena

Political patronage, civil service politicisation and the ordeals of career civil servants : insights from Bangladesh / Mohammad Mizanur Rahman

Patronage appointment in Japanese politics : political representation in a large bureaucracy / Masao Kikuchi

Patronage in Mongolia / Oyunsuren Damdinsuren, Julian Dierkes and Byambakhand Luguusharav

Loyalty or expertise? : the practice of political patronage in Taiwan / Tong-yi Huang and Zong-xian Huang

Patronage in South Korea / Min Han Kim, Byongseob Kim and Hyejin Kang

Patronage appointments in the Philippine Public Service / Maria Fe Villamejor-Mendoza

Varieties of patronage in a single party state : ministers in China / Jiangnan Zhu, Siqin Kang and Yaowensong Song

Party patronage in Kazakhstan / Colin Knox and Saltanat Janenova

Political patronage in Vietnam / Minh-Quang Le, Chi-Kien Phung and Quang-Minh Le

Conclusions / Colin Knox and B. Guy Peters.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781009208055 (ebook)

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