The Civil Service in Hong Kong

The Civil Service in Hong Kong
Author: Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 1998-07-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9622094589

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the organization, problems, issues and prospects of the civil service in Hong Kong. It examines the origin and development of the civil service, efforts to deal with the changes before and after the transition, and the process of managing public services with references to its changing role and responsibilities. The book will be of interest to academics, civil servants, professionals and students, as well as researchers interested in the role of civil servants in changing societies, and can be used for teaching courses on public administration and Asian studies.

Democratization and Bureaucratic Neutrality

Democratization and Bureaucratic Neutrality
Author: Haile K. Asmerom
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349248088

The book focuses on the mutual implications of bureaucratic neutrality and democracy from the perspective of societies formerly under authoritarian regimes. It explores the impact of democratization on bureaucratic neutrality as well as the implications of neutral bureaucracies for democracy. Theoretical and conceptual dimensions of the subject are spelled out, and specialists discuss case studies from Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia, therefore compounding a broad panel of the challenges and opportunities confronting the democratization process throughout the world.

The Public Sector in Hong Kong

The Public Sector in Hong Kong
Author: Ian Scott
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9622091725

This book describes and analyses the role of the public sector in the often-charged political atmosphere of post-1997 Hong Kong. It discusses critical constitutional, organisational and policy problems and examines their effects on relationships between government and the people. A concluding chapter suggests some possible means of resolving or minimising the difficulties which have been experienced.

Government Capacity and the Hong Kong Civil Service

Government Capacity and the Hong Kong Civil Service
Author: John P. Burns
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This book examines, in detail, the political context within which the civil service operates, including the role of the central government in Hong Kong SAR civil service policy making, the changing leadership role of Hong Kong's administrative elite, and attempts by the government to boost executive accountability since 2002.

The Hong Kong Reader

The Hong Kong Reader
Author: Ming K. Chan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2016-09-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1315488353

This paperback reader provides the student and general reader with easy access to the major issues of the Hong Kong transition crisis. Contributors include both editors, as well as Frank Ching, Berry F. Hsu, Reginald Yin-wang Kwok, Peter Kwong, Julian Y.M. Leung, Ronald Skeldon, Alvin Y. So, Yun-wing Sung, and James T.H. Tang - the majority of whom live and work in Hong Kong and experience the transition firsthand, personally and professionally.

The Political Future of Hong Kong

The Political Future of Hong Kong
Author: Kit Poon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2007-12-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134078307

Focusing on the period since the handover of power to China, this book examines the origins and evolution of Hong Kong’s political system. Considering the prospects and problems of achieving liberal democracy within the communist Chinese state system, it provides useful insights into the meaning of central concepts in democratic political theory.

Economic and Social Development in South China

Economic and Social Development in South China
Author: Stewart MacPherson
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781782542889

Economic and Social Development in South China brings together research by a pioneering team of academic researchers and includes statistical data on the Pearl River Delta as well as analysis of the metropolitan development in Guangzhou municipal city, civil service reform and social policy in Shenzhen, Guangzhou's municipal leadership and the basic level elections in the region since 1979. Other issues discussed include foreign outward direct investment from Guangdong, the creation of effective environmental law, foreign investment in Guangdong and the emergence of private education in the Pearl River Delta. Southern China's creative approaches to the difficulties and problems encountered since reforms began in the 1970s is rigorously analysed and explored by scholars with exceptional access to local sources and data. Economic and Social Development in South China shows how the use - encouraged by the authorities - of competing models of economic development will influence and shape the future of the country as a whole.

Public Administration in the NICs

Public Administration in the NICs
Author: Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349248738

The four dragons of Asia - Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea - have achieved remarkable progress over the past decades. These newly industrialising countries (NICs) have emerged as major actors on the world economic scene. Their success can be attributed to a number of factors related to historical background, relationship with China, pattern of governance and performance of administrative, political and economic institutions. This book examines the role of public administration in the accomplishments of the NICs and identifies potential areas of challenge for the dragons.