Handbook of public policy and public administration in China. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Xiaowei Zang (Chair Professor of Social Sciences, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences), Hon S. Chan (Professor, Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong).
• Editors: Zang, Xiaowei; Chan, Hon S
• Other Names: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
• Contents: PART I INTRODUCTION -- 1 State of the field: research on public policy and public administration in China / Xiaowei Zang and Hon S. Chan -- PART II THE CHINESE CIVIL SERVICE -- 2 Selection of local leaders in China: meritocracy or personal connections? / Zhiyue Bo -- 3 Civil service pay in China / Shuo Chen and Hon S. Chan -- 4 Measuring public-sector performance and effectiveness / Jie Gao -- PART III GOVERNMENT CAPACITY-BUILDING IN CHINA -- 5 Integrity management under state hierarchy: controlling corruption in China / Ting Gong -- 6 Beyond governance for economic growth: understanding incentive distortions in the Chinese bureaucracy / Shui-Yan Tang and Bo Wen -- 7 Digital governance in China / Liang Ma -- 8 Regulation in China / May Chu and Pak Wan Major Pau -- 9 The development of fiscal transparency in China: a critical review / Hanyu Xiao and Jingyuan Xu -- 10 Ruling online and social media in China in the digital age / Xigen Li -- 11 Authoritarian transparency: a comparative survey on open government information regulations in China / Fen Lin -- 12 Land use reforms and land finance in Chinese local governments / Alfred M. Wu and Fangzhi Ye -- 13 Revisiting China's ethnic minorities policies: asserting a flavor of Chinese Characteristics / Yangbin Chen -- 14 The Chinese dream and foreign language education policy in China / Lucy Zhao, Xiaowei Zang, and Shijia Yang -- PART IV PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE IN CHINA -- 15 Family planning policies and fertility changes in China: a historical review / Yu Song -- 16 Urbanization like China? Implementation mode, policy regime and sustainable transformation pathways / Xiaoling Zhang -- 17 Network structure and collaborative innovation processes: a comparative analysis of two elderly service networks in Shanghai / Wai-Fung Lam and Wei Li -- 18 Land administration policy and illegal land use / Hongping Lian, Hui Li, and Kilkon Ko -- 19 Government capacity, citizen activism, and wastewater treatment in China: evidence from provincial panel data (2004-2014) / Xiaowei Zang -- 20 Organ donation in China and Hong Kong: learning from international models and adopting proper motivational measures / Ruiping Fan and Chunyan Ding -- PART V STREET-LEVEL BUREAUCRACY IN CHINA -- 21 Research on street-level bureaucracy in China: past, present, and future / Xiaowei Zang -- 22 Authoritarian capitalism and policing studies in China / Jianhua Xu, Qipu Hu, and Anli Jiang -- 23 Exploring frontline work in China / Xiaowei Zang and Michael Musheno -- 24 Leniency and severity in street-level law enforcement in China / Lisa Zang and Xiaowei Zang -- PART VI RESEARCH AND TEACHING ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN GREATER CHINA -- 25 Dissertation research in public administration in China / Yijia Jing -- 26 A review of public administration research in Hong Kong and Macau, 2010-2019 / Echo Lei Wang and Jie Gao -- 27 Crisis of relevance? Public administration theory and practice connections in Taiwan / Milan Tung-Wen Sun, Wen-Hsueh Chen, and Windy Thi-Ngoc-Minh Phan -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 494 pages)
• Subjects: 320.951; Public administration -- China; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789909951; 1789909953
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 10, 2020).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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