Asian Leadership in Policy and Governance

by Evan Berman (Editor), M. Shamsul Haque (Editor)

Overview

Asian Leadership in Policy and Governance examines contemporary challenges facing public leaders in Asia, providing insight into leadership processes and contexts past practices affecting effective governance and policy leadership. The book provides a broad range of insightful and detailed cases of international and domestic interest in East and Southeast Asia, and is relevant to all disciplines concerned with politics, public governance and public affairs. The cases cover such topics as regional development and integration, transnational migration, and domestic topics of economic, political and educational development. The volume is informed by modern notions of leadership which include governance in a polycentric world (including civil society), the rise of a new generation, regionally and globally connected problems, expectations for increased integrity, transparency and effectiveness from its leaders, and enduring expectations that leaders and nations meet their populace's needs for health, prosperity and security. Such a focus on Asian leadership in modern context makes this book timely and interesting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784418847
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	09/03/2015
Series:	Public Policy and Governance , #24
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.14(d)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors ix

Introduction

Chapter 1 Issues And Concerns For Asian Leadership in Policy and Governance Evan Berman M. Shamsul Haque 3

Part I Asian Leadership at the Regional Level

Chapter 2 China's New Leadership And Global Role Lowell Dittmer 23

Chapter 3 Collective Hedging: What Drives Regional Institution-Building in the Asia-Pacific? Tsutomu Kikuchi 45

Chapter 4 Asean Centrality: A Quest for Leadership Role in East Asian Economic Integration Kristy Hsu 69

Chapter 5 Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation And Asian Regional Integration: Why Joint Participation Of China And Taiwan is Good for Them and the Region? Yih-Chyi Chuang 107

Chapter 6 South Korea's Leadership in East Asia: A Middle Power Advancing Regionalism Jose Guerra Vio 129

Chapter 7 The Evolution of Leadership Styles in the South China Sea: Contextual Factors And Shifting Approaches in China and the United States Jonathan Spongler 159

Part II Public Sector Leadership Issues in Asia

Chapter 8 Envisioning Burma: Legitimacy, Leadership, and Political Reform Tsai-Wei Sun 189

Chapter 9 The Role of Leadership in Political and Economic Transition in China Kerry Brown 213

Chapter 10 Political Leadership and Public Administration in Thailand Ploy Suebvises 233

Chapter 11 Public Managers Must Also Be Leaders: The Hollowing-Out of Leadership and Public Management Reform in Hong Kong Wilson Wong 261

Chapter 12 A Female Leader in Executive Service: The Case of Mayor Risma of Surabaya Dita S.N.A. Diliani Dwi Siska Susanti 287

Part III Asian Leadership in Domestic Concerns

Chapter 13 The Reluctant Leader: The Philippine Journey From Labor Export to Championing a Rights-Based Approach to Overseas Employment Jenina Joy Chavez Nicola Piper 307

Chapter 14 Political Systems and Financial Reform Process: A Comparative Study of China, Taiwan, and New Zealand Ian Tsung-Yen Chen 345

Chapter 15 Engaged Buddhism: Social Transformation in India and Taiwan David Blundell Mangesh Dahiwale 377

Chapter 16 A Problem of Tomorrow: Leadership in the Field of Emergency Management in Taiwan Dean Karalekas Gregory Coutaz 399

Chapter 17 Transformation of Policy Entrepreneurship in East Asian Higher Education: A Case Study in Taiwan Yu-Ching Flora Hsu 421

About the Authors 449