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Author So, Bennis Wai Yip

Title Changing Policy-Making Process in Greater China : Case research from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
Comparative development and policy in Asia series
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgement; Preface; Part I: Civic engagement; 1. Social policy for elderly people: the case of Haishu District, Ningbo City; Introduction; Social services and civic engagement in Mainland China; Purchasing services for solitary elderly people, instigated by the government of the Haishu District of Ningbo City; Case analysis; Discussion and prospects; Notes; References; 2. Civic engagement and policy-making in Taiwan: the case of the Great Bitan Revitalization Project
IntroductionReview of civic engagement; Civic engagement in Taiwan, 1990-2010; Civic engagement, civil society and voting rights; Formation of civil society in Taiwan; A case of civic engagement: the Great Bitan Revitalization Project; History and development of Bitan; An analytical review of the case; Implications for civic engagement in Taiwan; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 3. Civic engagement and cultural policy-making in Hong Kong: the case of the West Kowloon Cultural District; Introduction; Case background; Civic engagement in an evolving executive-led system
Civic engagement on cultural mattersThe West Kowloon Cultural District project; Vision and decision-making without civic participation; Reluctance towards civic engagement; Civic initiatives and engagement; Government foray into public engagement; Discussion and analysis of the case; Augmented civic engagement; Sustaining civic engagement; Implications for civic engagement in a semi-democracy; Notes; References; Part II: Legislature; 4. Participatory budgeting: a way to reinforce the power of the people's congress; Case background; Overview of the people's congress
Power of the people's congressProcedure of policy-making in the people's congress; Budgetary supervision of the people's congress; Deficient legal protection; Independence of the institutional setting; Incompatibility in the budgetary decision-making procedure; Participatory budgeting in Wenling; The Xinhe model; The Zeguo model; Power reinforcement of the LPCs in participatory budgeting; Participation in the budgetary process; Empowerment of deputies in budget examination; Interaction with the public; Implications for reinforcement of the people's congress in Mainland China; Notes
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 a
Bibliography References5. Understanding democratization through electoral connection in congressional policy-making: the case of the 'golden decade' of social policy legislation in Taiwan; Introduction; The rise of welfare state in the 1990s; Legislative power and social policy legitimization in Taiwan; Development of social policy in Taiwan; Legislative power in transition; Policy preference, democratic elections and policy-making; Condition 1: desirable policy preference; Condition 2: the incentive mechanism of democratic election; Condition 3: political feasibility of policy
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Subject Political planning -- China -- Case studies
Political planning -- Taiwan -- Case studies
Political planning -- China -- Hong Kong -- Case studies
Bureaucracy -- China -- Case studies
Bureaucracy -- Taiwan -- Case studies
Bureaucracy -- China -- Hong Kong -- Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Bureaucracy
Political planning
Politics and government
SUBJECT China -- Politics and government -- 2002- -- Case studies
Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 2000- -- Case studies
Hong Kong (China) -- Politics and government -- 1997- -- Case studies
Subject China
China -- Hong Kong
Taiwan
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
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