Globalization and Public Sector Reform in China (Routledge Contemporary China Series)

ISBN 10: 0415788064 / ISBN 13: 9780415788069

Published by Routledge, 2016

About this Item

Editor(s): Brodsgaard, Kjeld Erik. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white tables, 25 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFS; JPP; KCP; KNV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. . . 2016. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Globalization and Public Sector Reform in China (Routledge Contemporary China Series)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415788064
• ISBN 13: 9780415788069
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book analyses public sector reform comprehensively in all parts of China’s public sector – government bureaucracy, public service units and state-owned enterprises. It argues that reform of the public sector has become an issue of great concern to the Chinese leaders, who realize that efficient public administration is key to securing the regime’s governing capacity and its future survival. The book shows how thinking about public sector reform has shifted in recent decades from a quantitative emphasis on 'small government', which involved the reduction in size of what was perceived as a bloated bureaucracy, to an emphasis on the quality of governance, which may result in an increase in public sector personnel. The book shows how, although Western ideas about public sector reform have had an impact, Chinese government continues to be best characterized as 'state capitalism', with the large state-owned enterprises continuing to play an important – and increasing – role in the economy and in business. However, state-owned enterprises no longer provide care for large numbers of people from the cradle to the grave – finding an alternative, efficient way of delivering basic welfare and health care is the big challenge facing China’s public sector.

About the Author

Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard is Professor and Director of the Asia Research Centre at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark