ABSTRACT
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 actors interact in a range of different policy cases. Throughout the book contrasts the different approaches in the three different jurisdictions, and assesses how the policy-making process is changing and how it is likely to change further.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|56 pages
Civic engagement
chapter 2|20 pages
Civic engagement and policy-making in Taiwan
chapter 3|20 pages
Civic engagement and cultural policy-making in Hong Kong
part II|60 pages
Legislature
chapter 5|19 pages
Understanding democratization through electoral connection in congressional policy-making
chapter 6|20 pages
Can the legislature in a half-baked democracy serve the public?
part III|52 pages
Mass media
chapter 7|18 pages
Mass media in fragmented administrative policy-making power in Mainland China
chapter 8|18 pages
The media power of manufacturing policies
part IV|62 pages
Bureaucracy