TY - BOOK AU - Wong,Hoi-kowk AU - Chan,Hon S. TI - Handbook of comparative public administration in the Asia-Pacific Basin T2 - Public administration and public policy SN - 0824719433 U1 - 351.5 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - M. Dekker KW - Public administration KW - Asia KW - Case studies KW - Pacific Area N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Public Administration in Singapore: Continuity and Reform / David Seth Jones -- 2. Bureaucratic Accountability in Malaysia: Control Mechanisms and Critical Concerns / Khai Leong Ho -- 3. The Changing Nature of Administrative Reform: Cases in Malaysia and Singapore / M. Shamsul Haque -- 4. Administrative Reform and the Politician-Bureaucrat Perspective: Visions, Processes, and Support for Reform / Bidhya Bowornwathana -- 5. New Zealand's Corporatization Experience: A Strategy of "Staying In, but Beefing Up"? / Ian Thynne -- 6. Administrative Reform in the Australian Public Sector / John Wanna -- 7. Reforming Government and Changing Styles of Japanese Governance: Public Administration at the Crossroads / Akira Nakamura -- 8. Public Administration Scholar-Practitioner Differences: A Q Study of Theory-Practice Connections in Taiwan / Milan Tung-Wen Sun and John J. Gargan -- 9. Government Reform in Korea / Pan Suk Kim ER -