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Author: M Ramesh, Scott Fritzen

There are a multitude of hazards that confront attempts to change institutional or political orders in pursuit of good governance. Even seemingly technical prescriptions run up against local political and social realities which make their adoption difficult and, if adopted, require significant modification of the original prescriptions. Moreover, the technical, rationalist and/or normative language employed in the good governance discourse masks contests over power, rights, resources, and actors’ conflicting interests. There is a definite need to situate the good governance debate in the local context rather than reflexively adopting a universalistic positing of the fact or desirability of governance convergence across countries and sectors because the reality is that the world-wide deployment of good governance rhetoric is not accompanied by convergence in thinking or practices across nations. Transforming Asian Governance asks: • How do good governance principles translate into local settings? • How do local settings influence the conception of what is good governance and how the debate over good governance is deployed as a political or administrative strategy? Using case studies in governance from Thailand, the Philippines, Pakistan, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Korea and Japan, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the public and social policy of Asia, and international and comparative governance more generally.

Transforming Asian Governance Rethinking Assumptions Challenging Practices Routledge Research on Public and Social Policy in Asia 1st Table of contents:

1 Introduction
A Changed Context
Substantive Agendas and Meanings
A Great Transformation?
Part One: Context, Constraints and Drivers of Change
Part Two: Reform Trajectories and Transformations
Where, or What, is Asia?
References
2 Improving Administrative Performance in Malaysia The More Difficult Next Steps in Reform
Reform as Improving Capacity and Will
Past Reforms: Achievements and Shortfalls
Strengthening Capacity: A Continuing and Broader Challenge
Strengthening Merit and Representativeness
Strengthening Public Control: The Will to Perform
Conclusion: Extending Reform Strategy and Rebalancing Competing Values
References
3 India Getting Governance Right for Inclusive Growth
Introduction: The Current Conjuncture in India’s Governance System
Section One: The Imperative to Reform Governance at Central, State and Local Levels
The Inclusiveness Imperative
The Fiscal Imperative
The Political Imperative to Reform Governance at the State Level
Section Two: The Most Important Governance Reform to Underpin Inclusiveness in Development – Deep Democratic Decentralisation
Decentralisation and Social Service Delivery
Section Three: A Model of Decentralisation that Works
Section Four: Elementary Education: The Synergy of Collective Voice and State Action in Two Poor Indian States
Section Five: The Unfinished Agenda of Governance Reform in India: Achieving Deep Democratic Decentralisation
Section Six: Concluding Remarks
Notes
References
4 Is Foreign Aid Compatible with Good Governance? Theory and Evidence from the Philippines
Introduction
Incentives in Foreign Aid
Model and Hypotheses
The Case of Irrigation Aid in the Philippines
The Evolution of Irrigation in the Philippines
Consequences of the Incremental Phase
The Role of Irrigation Aid
The Moral Hazard Problem and the Fungibility of Irrigation Aid
Conclusions and Policy Implications
Bibliography
5 Public Sector Transparency and Corporate Accounting Practices in Asia
Introduction
Public Sector Transparency and Corporate Accounting Practices: Theoretical Linkages
Empirical Findings
Data
Measuring Public Sector Transparency in Asia
Corporate Accounting Practices in Asia
Econometric Models
Results
Discussion
Concluding Remarks
References
6 The Hara Factor Some Lessons from Innovations in Governance in Japan
Innovations: Policies, Projects and People
Hara’s Innovations: Hellobaby and the K-Mix System
Professor Hara and the Four Myths
Mind the Context: Theories on Public Sector Innovation
Innovation
Institutional Arrangements
Change Management
Social Capital
Discussion: Electronic Medical Records in Shikoku
Institutional Framework
Change Management
Social Capital
Conclusions
Notes
References
7 “Good Governance” and the Constraints of Local Conditions Thaksin and the Breakdown of Thailand’s Public Integrity System
Introduction
Administrative Corruption, State “Capture” and “Good Governance”
Key “Good Governance” Arrangements in Post-1997 Thailand
Credible but Insufficient Explanations for Widespread Corruption Under Thaksin
More Basic Explanations for the Ineffectiveness of Thailand’s “Good Governance” Provisions
Conclusion
Notes
References
8 The Judiciary’s Role in Good Governance in Korea
Introduction
The Judiciary’s Role in Good Governance
Election and Campaign Financing Reform
Corruption-Related Judicial Decisions
Conclusions
References
9 Healthcare Reforms in Thailand Rethinking Conventional Wisdom
Provision
Financing
Healthcare Reforms: Assessment
Conclusion
Note
References
10 Restructuring Government An Empirical Analysis of Agencification in the Public Health System of Rajasthan
Introduction
The Public Health System in India and Rajasthan
Agencification
What are Agencies?
Perspectives on Interorganisational Relations and Agencies
Gaps in the Literature on Agencification
Agencification of the Public Health System in Rajasthan: An Empirical Analysis
Definitional Aspects of Agencies in the Public Health System of Rajasthan
Rationale for Agencification
Composition of Agencies
Autonomy of Agencies
Control of Agencies
Functional Integration of Agencies with Parent Ministry/Department
Service Delivery by Agencies
Mechanisms of Coordination
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
11 The Structural Transformation of Public Bureaucracy Towards Good Governance The Case of Team-Based Management in the Korean Government
Introduction
Good Governance and the Team-Based Approach
From Hierarchical Control to Team-Based Collaboration
The Initiation of the Team-Based Approach in Korea
Organizational Features of the Team-Based Approach
Structural Change
Evaluative Change
Human Resource Management Changes
Communication Change
Initiating Drivers of Team-Based Management
Innovative Leadership
Coercive Imitation
Vicarious Learning
Initiating Drivers and Adopting Time
Early Adopters: Leadership
Mid Adopters: Coercive Imitation
Last Adopter: Vicarious Learning
Conclusion: Challenges and Sustainability
References
12 Technocratic Solutions Versus Political Realities Implementing Governance Reforms in the Balochistan Province of Pakistan
Background – The Emergence of Governance Discourse
Focus on Subnational Governance
Balochistan: Economy, Poverty and the Need for Governance Reform
Rationale for Subnational Lending against Policy Change Targets
The Political Economy of Balochistan
National Imperatives
Rent-Seeking and Corruption
Elite Capture
Ethnic Polarization and Factionalism
Partial Reform Syndrome
Globalization, Modernity and Geo-Politics
Externally Assisted Reforms and Institutional Change Programs
Public Resource Management Reforms
Improved and Efficient Social Service Delivery
Enhanced Fiscal Space Via Fiscal Reforms
Transparent, Rule-Based System of Local Government Funding
Performance Grant Rules – Provincial Efficiency Incentives for Service Delivery
Institutional Change to Convert Resources into Results22
Institutional and Bureaucratic Quality
Limits of Policy-Based Lending
Which Way Now?
Conclusions

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