Routledge Focus on Public Governance in Asia
About the Book Series
Focusing on new governance challenges, practices and experiences in and about a globalizing Asia, particularly East Asia and Southeast Asia, this focus series invites upcoming and established researchers all over the world to succinctly and comprehensively discuss important public administration and policy themes such as government administrative reform, public budgeting reform, government crisis management, public private partnership, science and technology policy, technology-enabled public service delivery, public health and aging, talent management, and anticorruption across Asian countries. The book series presents compact and concise content under 50,000 words long which have significant theoretical contributions to the governance theory with an Asian perspective and practical implications for administration and policy reform and innovation.
China’s Pension System: Creating Sustainable and Equitable Social Security
1st Edition
By Jun Peng, Qiushi Wang
July 30, 2025
Since 1978, when China started remaking its economy, it has also embarked on an unparalleled effort at remaking its pension system to accommodate its hybrid economic model. This book tells the story of how China has managed to build a national pension system that now covers most of its population ...
Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea: Policy Learning Perspectives
1st Edition
By Kilkon Ko
November 29, 2024
This book examines the importance of accumulated disaster management experience and the risk awareness of civil society by analyzing Korea’s COVID-19 response from the perspective of policy learning. Prior to the spread of COVID-19, Korea was a country with active exchange with China, with over six...
Public Administration and Governance in China: Chinese Insights with Global Perspectives
1st Edition
By Leizhen Zang, Yanyan Gao
October 09, 2024
This book aims to explain the gap between Western theories and the Chinese administration reform experiences. The book provides insights into how the Chinese government can improve its efficiency and legitimacy through reforms and adapt Western theories with Chinese Characteristics. It also looks ...
The Nature of Japanese Governance and Seikai-Tensin in Postwar Japan
1st Edition
By Nara Park
October 09, 2024
What shapes characteristics and types of state governance in a specific country? How do they change over time? More importantly, what will they look like in the near and far future? This book addresses these fundamental yet timely questions by introducing and analyzing a distinctive group of ...
Mainland China's Taiwan Policy: From Peaceful Development to Selective Engagement
1st Edition
By Xin Qiang
January 29, 2024
The Taiwan issue has always been a core national interest of mainland China, which has steadfastly vowed to fulfill national reunification. This book provides a comprehensive and updated explanation of the strategic motivations, behavioral logic, and policymaking rationale of Beijing’s Taiwan ...
Sustainable Development Goal 3: Health and Well-being of Ageing in Hong Kong
1st Edition
By Ben Y.F. Fong, Vincent T. S. Law
September 25, 2023
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to develop a better and sustainable future for the world, and the goals are part of an action plan to address poverty, hunger, health, gender equity and various pressing world issues. One of these goals looks at health and wellness. Ageing populations have ...
Local Government Innovativeness in China
1st Edition
By Youlang Zhang
January 09, 2023
Local government innovation has become one of the most important topics on China’s policy agenda in recent decades. This book explains why some local governments are more innovative than others. This book uses a novel theoretical framework and points out that in China’s multi-level government ...
Talent Strategies and Leadership Development of the Public Sector: Insights from Southeast Asia
1st Edition
By Celia Lee
January 09, 2023
To stay ahead of the competition, the public sector has to ensure an effective talent management strategy to attract, develop and retain talents. Effective talent management is about aligning the organisation’s approach to talent with the strategic aims and purpose of the organisation. This book ...
Collaborative Governance of Local Governments in China
1st Edition
By Jing Cui
May 06, 2022
China faces the problem of collaboration deficiency in local governance of metropolitan areas. With the evolution of regional spatial structure in China, this book is timely with its analysis on how China can approach current problems in China's regional governance through a&...