Dilemmas in public management in greater China and Australia : rising tensions but common challenges /
This book draws on more than a decade of workshops organized by the Greater China Australia Dialogue on Public Administration, involving scholars and practitioners from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia. Although these workshops recognized the major differences in the institutional fra...
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Canberra, ACT :
Australian National University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The new global realities: Escalating tensions and colliding world views despite similar challenges and regime dilemmas / Kaifeng Yang, John Wanna, Tsai-tsu Su and Andrew Podger AO Part 1: Intergovernmental relations 2. 'One country, two systems' in transition / Richard Hu 3. Vertical power structure and policy experimentation in Xi's China / Youlang Zhang 4. Revitalising local capacity in Taiwan: Institutional arrangements, consequences and prospects / Tsai-tsu Su and Ming-feng Kuo 5. The revival of Australian federalism? Trends and developments in Commonwealth-state relations / Alan Fenna 6. Federal financial relations in Australia / Rachel Thompson 7. Local government in Australia: An overview and strategic directions / Bligh Grant and Nicholas Aroney Part 2: Budgeting and financial management 8. The state of local public finance in China under Xi Jinping / Christine Wong 9. Australia's financial management challenges post-COVID / Henry Ergas AO and Joe Branigan 10. Performance budgeting in China / Meili Niu and Peipei Zhang 11. China's approach to performance management and future directions / Jie Gao 12. Evaluation in the Australian Public Service: What can the case of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tell us about an enduring challenge for public administration? / Dr Wendy Jarvie Part 3: The civil service 13. Political meritocracy in Chinese cadre personnel management / Shuo Chen and Hon S. Chan 14. Change and continuity in the civil service of Taiwan under democratisation: With Hong Kong as a benchmark for assessment / Bennis Wai Yip So and Chih-Wei Hsieh 15. Australian Public Service capability / Andrew Podger AO and John Halligan Part 4: Service delivery 16. Recent developments and future directions of administrative service reform in China / Liang Ma 17. The service delivery reform agenda for the Australian Commonwealth today / Gordon de Brouwer 18. Coordinating government silos in Hong Kong / Ian Scott and Ting Gong 19. Creating a service system from scratch: Community old age care services in China / Bingqin Li 20. The challenge of allocating resources for an effective health system in China / Jiwei Qian 21. Service delivery reform in Taiwan: A case study of the Safeguard Happiness Station / Helen K. Liu 22. Aged care in Australia: Current approaches and emerging challenges / Mike Woods 23. Concluding comments: Common challenges amidst sharpening differences / Andrew Podger AO.