Social policy for elderly people : the case of Haishu District, Ningbo City / Jianxing Yu and Shizong Wang -- Civic engagement and policy making in Taiwan : the case of Great Bitan Reform Program / Yuang-kuang Kao -- Civic engagement and cultural policymaking in Hong Kong : the case of the West Kowloon Cultural Development District / Samuel Leong -- Participatory budgeting : a way to reinforce the power of the People's Congresses / Yan Wu -- Understanding democratization through electoral connection in congressional policy making : a case on the "Golden Decade" of social policy legislation in Taiwan / Don-yun Chen and Wun-Yan Huang -- Can legislature in a half-baked democracy serve the public? : the case of minimum wage legislation in Hong Kong / Dennis Ka Kuen Leung & Sonny Shiu Hing Lo -- Mass media in fragmented administrative policymaking power in mainland China : the case of the "Big-headed Babies" incident / Jing Li & Songjie Liu -- The media power of manufacturing policies : the policymaking process of the Su Hua Highway in Taiwan / Wilbur Bing-yan Lu -- The role of mass media in political reform of Hong Kong / Dennis Ka Kuen Leung -- Selective policy implementation by bureaucracy in China : the case of civil service remuneration policy / Alfred Muluan Wu -- How far does bureaucracy control the agenda of government personnel administrative policy in Taiwan? : the case of lawmaking of civil service neutrality / Bennis Wai Yip So -- Education reforms and bureaucratic manipulation in post-colonial Hong Kong / Benson Wai Kwok Wong.
Summary:
"This book explores how the policy-making process is changing in the very volatile conditions of present day mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. It considers the overall background conditions-- the need to rebalance in mainland China after years of hectic economic growth; governance transition and democratic consolidation in Taiwan; and governance crisis in Hong Kong under a regime of uncertain legitimacy. It examines the various actors in the policy-making process-- the civic engagement of ordinary people and the roles of legislators, mass media and bureaucracy-- and discusses how these actors interact in a range of different policy cases. Throughout the book contrasts the different approaches in the three different jurisdictions, and assesses how the policy-making process is changing and how it is likely to change further"-- Provided by publisher.
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