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This Edited Work Offers Critical Analysis Of The Search For New Governance In Asia, Comparing And Contrasting The Experiences Of Different Asian Societies, Including: China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia And Thailand. Introduction: The Serach For Good Governance In Asia / Ka Ho Mok And Ray Forrest -- Interpreting East Asian Social Policy Development: Paradigm Shifts Or Policy 'steadiness'? / Anthony B.l. Cheung -- Redefining Development In China: Towards A New Policy Paradigm For The New Century? / Kinglun Ngok -- Empowering The Public And The Policy Science Of Democracy From A Post-modernist Perspective / Weiqing Guo -- Japan's Changing Domestic Governance And Its Impact On Foreign Policy / Ito Go -- Competition And Control In Public Hospital Reforms In Hong Kong And Singapore / M. Ramesh -- Pro-competition Policy Tools And State Capacity: The Corporatization Of Public Universities In Hong Kong And Singapore And The Implications For Asia / Ka Ho Mok -- Comparative Welfare Policy Instruments In East Asia: Embedding Trust In Policy / Yeun Wen Ku -- Regulatory Reform And Private Sector Development In China: A Case Study Of Downsizing Administrative Licenses / Bill Chou -- Accomodating Business Interests In China And Hong Kong: Two Systems, One Way Out / Ray Yep -- From Developmental Regimes To Post-developmental Regimes: Business And Pension Reforms In Japan, South Korea And Taiwan / Young Jun Choi -- Private Education Policy At A Crossroads: Comparing Hong Kong And Singapore / Michael H. Lee -- Struggling Among Economic Efficiency, Social Equality And Social Stability: Housing Monetarization Reform In China / Yapeng Zhu -- Managing The Chaotic City--social Cohesion: New Forms Of Urban Governance And The Challenge For East Asia / Ray Forrest -- The Governance Of Urban Renaissance In Tokyo: Post-urbanization And Enhanced Competitiveness / Yosuke Hirayama -- Urbanization, Low-income Housing And Urban Governance In South Korea / Seong Kyu Ha. Edited By Ka Ho Mok And Ray Forrest. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.