1st Edition
Governance for Harmony in Asia and Beyond
Part I. Introduction 1. Why Governance for Harmony? - Tao, Julia; Cheung, Anthony B.L.; Painter, Martin; Li, Chenyang Part II. Governance for Harmony in East--West Traditions 2. The Confucian Conception of Harmony - Yu, Kam Por 3. Harmony as a Guiding Principle for Governance - Li, Chenyang 4. Harmony in Government - Neville, Robert Cummings Part III. The Quest for Harmony in Government in Asia 5. Harmony, Conformity or Timidity? Singapore’s Overachievement in the Quest for Harmony - Barr, Michael D. 6. Harmony in Government--Society Governance: Problems, Challenges and Prospects in Malaysia - Nathan, K.S. 7. Risks in Adopting Modernization as the Way to Build a Harmonious Society in Modern China - Ouyang, Kang 8. Governance for Harmony: Challenges for Public Service Delivery Reform in China and Vietnam - Painter, Martin 9. Restoring Governability in Hong Kong: Managing Plurality and Joining Up Governance - Cheung, Anthony B.L. Part IV. The Quest for Harmony Beyond Asia: Interplay of Culture and Institution from Confucian and Liberal Perspectives 10. Open Politics and Disharmony - Rockman, Bert A. 11. Disharmony and Civil Society: A View from Latin America - Armony, Ariel C. 12. Consensual but Not Confucian: Resolving the Paradox of Consensual Politics in Scandinavia - Pierre, Jon 13. Harmony through Network Governance? - Torfing, Jacob 14. Can the Confucian Way Lead Us out of the Paradox of Trust in Democracy? - Tao, Julia 15. Propriety, Law and Harmony: A Functional Argument for the Rule of Virtue - Zhang, Qianfan 16. Xunzi’s Vision of Society: Harmony by Justice - Roetz, Heiner 17. Concordia versus Pax: The Impact of Eastern Governance for Harmony on Western Peace Concepts - Kumpfmüller, Karl A.
Biography
Julia Tao is Professor in the Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong. Anthony B. L. Cheung is President of The Hong Kong Institute of Education, and Chair Professor of Public Administration. He is the co-editor of Governance and Public Sector Reform in Asia: Paradigm Shift or Business As Usual? (also published by Routledge). Martin Painter is Chair Professor of Public and Social Administration at the City University of Hong Kong. He is the co-editor of Challenges to State Policy Capacity. Chenyang Li is Professor of Philosophy at Central Washington University, USA.
