Comparative Governance Reform in Asia: Democracy, Corruption, and Government Trust (Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management)

Research in public policy analysis and management......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Introduction......Page 4
References......Page 6
Importing governance into the Thai polity: competing hybrids and reform consequences......Page 7
Competing hybrids from different interpretations of governance......Page 8
First Interpretation: Governance as the New Democracy (Democratic Governance)......Page 9
Second Interpretation: Governance as Good Governance......Page 11
Third Interpretation: Governance as an Efficiency Problem......Page 14
Fifth Interpretation: Governance as the Thaksin System (rabop taksin)......Page 15
Sixth Interpretation: Governance as an Ethical Issue......Page 17
Reform consequences of competing hybrids......Page 18
References......Page 20
Introduction......Page 23
Theoretical considerations......Page 24
The case of Hong Kong......Page 25
The Administrative (Colonial) State......Page 26
Participation Rights......Page 29
Agency Problems......Page 30
The Political State......Page 32
Participation Rights......Page 33
Agency Problems......Page 34
Conclusion......Page 38
References......Page 39
Introduction......Page 41
The Indonesian civil service......Page 42
Salary System......Page 43
Impact of Regional Autonomy......Page 47
Basis for change......Page 48
Institutional Approach......Page 50
Moral Issues......Page 52
Conclusion......Page 53
References......Page 54
Combating corruption as a political strategy to rebuild trust and legitimacy: can China learn from Hong Kong?......Page 56
Introduction......Page 57
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption experience......Page 58
Corruption in China: Features and causes......Page 61
Maoist Period: Combating Corruption as Bureaucratic Failure......Page 63
Reform Period: Corruption as Bureaucratic-Cum-Economic Rent-Seeking......Page 65
The fight against corruption in China......Page 66
Rehabilitation of Party and State Control Mechanisms after Cultural Revolution......Page 67
Under the Current Hu-Wen Leadership......Page 68
Enforcement problems: From campaign enforcement to institutionalization......Page 71
Conceptualizing corruption: From a crisis of the system to the production of legitimacy......Page 74
Can China learn from Hong Kong?......Page 75
Enforcement model - multi-agency structure to remain......Page 76
The Politics of Corruption......Page 79
Concluding remarks......Page 80
Notes......Page 82
References......Page 83
Introduction......Page 86
Mission and functions of ACAs......Page 87
Singapore’s CPIB......Page 88
Hong Kong’s ICAC......Page 91
Thailand’s NCCC......Page 92
South Korea’s KICAC......Page 94
The ACA Must be Incorruptible......Page 96
The ACA Must be Independent from the Police and from Political Control......Page 97
There Must be Comprehensive Anti-Corruption Legislation......Page 101
The ACA Must have Adequate Staff and Funding......Page 102
The ACA Must Enforce the Anti-Corruption Laws Impartially......Page 103
Political Will is Crucial for Minimizing Corruption......Page 104
Conclusion......Page 106
Notes......Page 107
References......Page 108
Regulatory reform and bureaucracy in Southeast Asia: variations and consequences......Page 111
Introduction......Page 112
The extent and burden of administrative regulation......Page 113
Starting a Business......Page 115
External Trade......Page 119
Paying Taxes......Page 121
Procedural Regulations in Constructing a Commercial Building......Page 122
The Overall Scale of Administrative Regulations for Business Activities in Southeast Asian States......Page 124
Reasons for the failure to reform administrative regulations......Page 126
The link between reform of administrative regulations and economic and social development......Page 128
Conclusion - scope for reform......Page 130
References......Page 133
A preliminary assessment of public management reform in Taiwan’s local government......Page 135
Introduction......Page 136
The Authoritarian Government Phase (1949-1987)......Page 137
The Legalization of Local Self-Governance Phase (1987-1994)......Page 138
The Downsizing of Provincial Government Phase (1994-1999)......Page 140
The ‘‘Local Government Systems Act’’ Phase (1999-present)......Page 141
A smaller and capable local government?......Page 143
The Size of Local Government......Page 144
Corruption......Page 147
Performance Assessments......Page 148
Discussions......Page 150
Notes......Page 152
References......Page 153
Building national integrity through corruption eradication in South Korea......Page 155
Introduction......Page 156
The development of major anti-corruption infrastructure: Anti-Corruption Act and the independent agency for anti-corruption......Page 158
The development of major anti-corruption measures by KICAC......Page 160
Handling of Corruption Reports......Page 161
Assessment of Anti-Corruption Activities......Page 162
International evaluation: Corruption PerceptionS Index (CPI) and Global Corruption Barometer (GCB)......Page 163
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)......Page 164
Global Corruption Barometer (GCB)......Page 166
The role of civil society for curbing corruption......Page 170
Policy implications and conclusions......Page 171
Notes......Page 174
References......Page 177
Corruption and government trust: a survey of urban and rural inhabitants in the north and northeast of Thailand......Page 179
Introduction......Page 180
Scale Construction......Page 183
Political Trust......Page 184
Relational Trust......Page 185
Characteristics of the Sample......Page 186
Control of Corruption......Page 188
Rational or Performance Trust......Page 189
Satisfaction with Public Services......Page 190
Satisfaction with the Government’s Ability to Solve Problems......Page 191
Relational Trust......Page 192
Predictor Variables of Corruption and Trust Attitudes......Page 193
Rational/Performance Trust: Satisfaction with Public Services......Page 194
Discussion and conclusions......Page 195
References......Page 198
Internet Sources......Page 199
Assessing government efforts to (Re)build trust in government: challenges and lessons learned from Japanese experiences......Page 200
Introduction......Page 201
Conceptual framework......Page 202
Significance of Discussing Trust in Government......Page 203
Components of Trust in Government......Page 204
Trust in Government in Japan......Page 206
Trust in Government from Asian Perspectives......Page 209
Trust in Government and Reform in Japan......Page 212
Major Government Reforms since 1980s at Central Level......Page 214
Major Government Reform at Local Level......Page 216
Qualitative Assessment of the Reform Impacts on Trust in Government......Page 217
Concluding remarks......Page 220
Notes......Page 221
References......Page 222
linking Accountability, corruption, and government effectiveness in Asia: an examination of World Bank Governance Indicators......Page 225
Introduction......Page 226
Literature review......Page 227
Data and methods......Page 229
Results......Page 231
Conclusion......Page 238
References......Page 241
Forms of government in South and East Asia......Page 243
About the Authors......Page 244
Note......Page 250