Introduction: Governance in South, Southeast, and East Asia

Autor: Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman, Ishtiaq Jamil, Sk. Tawfique M. Haque
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Public Organization Review. 13:341-347
ISSN: 1573-7098
1566-7170
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-013-0256-5
Popis: This special issue explores and analyzes governance and policy issues in South, Southeast, and East Asia. The nine papers in this issue were presented at a similarly titled conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2012. The authors map governance challenges and analyze its current trends from the perspectives of politics and administration. Public administration and governance systems in these regions have witnessed some phenomenal changes during the last three decades and have played a key role in the economic progress, especially in the Southeast and East Asian nations. Rich with evidence and analyses, these papers use empirical and other research methods to examine contemporary bestpractice paradigms. Their additional aim is to develop the understanding of changes in the forms of governance, both within the national context and in a comparative perspective. The regions of South, Southeast, and East Asia contain enormous geographical, cultural, religious, and ethnic variation. They are also “diverse in political and constitutional systems and their performance in managing the economy is uneven” (Haque 2001:1290). Some countries in Southeast and East Asia may already qualify as developed nations, but most of South Asia is beset with poor governance, lack of rule of law, and widespread corruption. This is the case despite these countries, in the last decade or so, witnessing steady and impressive economic growth. In the context of governance, the huge differences in the South, Southeast, and East Asian countries reflect the countries’ unique cultures, history, demography and geography, political Public Organiz Rev (2013) 13:341–347 DOI 10.1007/s11115-013-0256-5
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