Civil Service Systems in Asia

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Civil Service Systems in Asia

9781840646177 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by John P. Burns, Professor of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong, PRC and Bidhya Bowornwathana, Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Publication Date: August 2001 ISBN: 978 1 84064 617 7 Extent: 352 pp
This extensive book critically examines and contrasts the civil service systems of eight diverse Asian countries; Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Laos, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand, using a common comparative framework. The authors compare the civil service systems in each country discussing several factors including historical development, internal labour markets, degree of representativeness, level of politicization, the effect of public opinion, the impact of reform and diffusion and their place in two popular configurations of civil service systems.

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This extensive book critically examines and contrasts the civil service systems of eight diverse Asian countries; Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Laos, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand, using a common comparative framework. The authors compare the civil service systems in each country discussing several factors including historical development, internal labour markets, degree of representativeness, level of politicization, the effect of public opinion, the impact of reform and diffusion and their place in two popular configurations of civil service systems.

The authors go on to demonstrate the utility of comparative research by analysing the findings of the country studies and comparing the Asian countries against each other and the Asian experience as a whole against that of the West. They discover that there are considerable differences between the Asian civil service systems, illustrated by the degree to which political parties penetrate the civil service and the extent to which government agencies act as employers of last resort. Other conclusions drawn highlight the fact that in spite of many similarities, there are also sizeable differences between Asian and Western civil services, including a lack of political neutrality in many Asian countries.

Civil Service Systems in Asia will be of great interest and value to academics and advanced level students in public administration, law, political science and Asian studies.
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Contributors: B. Bowornwathana, J.P. Burns, J.N. Endriga, M.M. Khan, Y.-P. Kim, R. Klauss, R.K. Mishra, M.H. Rahman, K. Tashiro, H. Zafarullah
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Contents: Preface 1. Asian Civil Service Systems in Comparative Perspective 2. The Civil Service System of Bangladesh 3. The Civil Service System of China: The Impact of the Environment 4. The National Civil Service System of India: A Critical View 5. A Comparative Study of the Japanese Civil Service System 6. Laos: Civil Service System in a Transitional Economy 7. The National Civil Service System of the Philippines 8. The South Korean Civil Service System 9. Thailand: Bureaucracy Under Coalition Governments Index
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