Table of Contents

Introduction: Towards and Away from Responsible Government Linda Chelan Li 1. The Genesis of Responsible Government under Authoritarian Condition: Taiwan during Martial Law Tak-Wing Ngo and Yi-chi Chen 2. Contractual Thinking and Responsible Government in China: A Constructivist Framework for Analysis Chengxin Pan 3. Dual Dimensions of Responsibility: The Internal Disciplinary Regulations of the Chinese Communist Party Ting Gong 4. Failing to Treat: Why Public Hospitals in China do not Work? Waikeung Tam 5. Working for the Peasants? Strategic Interactions and Unintended Consequences in the Chinese Rural Tax Reform Linda Chelan Li 6. Whose Responsibility? The Marginalization of Personal Responsibility and Moral Character Ho Mun Chan 7. In Lieu of a Conclusion Daniel Bell. Bibliography. Index

About the Author

Linda Chelan Li is Associate Professor in the Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong. She specializes in intergovernmental relations and political economy in China. She is Founding Fellow of the (former) Centre for Research on Provincial China in Australia and member of the Editorial Board of the journal, Provincial China. She had an early career with the Hong Kong government and several Legislative Councillors, and has been a regular commentator on local and Chinese politics in the local and international media.

Reviews

'Towards Responsible Government in East Asia is a noteworthy contribution to existing literature on this subject and a step in a timely and, indeed, worthy direction.' - P.M. Yeophantong, The Australian National University, The China Journal, No. 63