This book assesses the current state of governance and public sector reforms in eleven Asian countries and jurisdictions, especially in the wake of the recent regional financial crisis that seriously affected some of them.

PrefaceChapter 1. Governance and Public Sector Reforms in Asia: Paradigms, Paradoxes and Dilemmas Anthony B.L. Cheung and Ian Scott Chapter 2. Japan's Reluctant Reformers and the Legacy of the Developmental State Mark Beeson Chapter 3. State Capacity and Public Sector Reforms in Post-Crisis Korea Joan Y.H. Leung Chapter 4. Governance and Public Sector Reform in the People's Republic of China John P. Burns Chapter 5. Government Reinvention in Taiwan: Administrative Modernisation and Regime Transition Anthony B.L. Cheung Chapter 6. A De-Capacitated State? Systemic Constraints on Governance in Hong Kong Grace O.M. Lee Chapter 7. Public Service Reform in Singapore: Reinventing Government in a Global Age Anthony B.L. Cheung Chapter 8. Malaysia: A Case of 'Business as Usual?' Richard Common Chapter 9. Thailand: Building the Foundations for Structural and Systemic Transformation Brian Brewer Chapter 10. Public Administration Reform in Vietnam Martin Painter Chapter 11. What Paradigm Shift? Public Sector Reform in Indonesia Since the Asian Crisis Andrew Rosser Chapter 12. The Philippines: Paradigm Lost or Paradigm Retained? Mark Richard Hayllar Chapter 13. International Agencies and Public Sector Reform in Post-Crisis Asia Ian Scott List of Contributors AppenidicesBibliographyIndex