Governing Civil Service Pay in China: 3 - Brossura

Wu, Alfred M.

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ISBN 10: 8776941442 ISBN 13: 9788776941444

Casa editrice: Nordic Inst of Asian Studies, 2014

Riassunto

Examines a significant and hotly debated issue in

the governance of China, one closely associated with legitimacy change (from an economy-based approach to welfare-based one), income distribution and central–local relations.

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Recensione:

While there are an increasing number of studies on the Chinese civil service system, important aspects of this system have not yet been subject to close investigation. This includes civil servants salaries and non-monetary compensation. Alfred Wu remedies this lacuna by providing an overview of civil service pay in the People s Republic of China past and present. ... I do not hesitate to recommend Alfred Wu s much needed study. The book contains a wealth of factual information on the various civil service pay regimes in China and is very useful for anyone interested in how the civil servants, the backbone of Chinese government, are managed and remunerated. (Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, Copenhagen Business School) --The China Journal, No. 75, 2015

Civil service pay is not only a public economics topic related to public personnel and financial management, but also a controversial, highly sensitive subject deserving public debate. China is no exception. The academics (in China) have not accorded enough attention to this important public administration topic. ... Wu s book appears to fill in the gap. (Guang Zhang, School of Public Management, Xiamen University, China) --Journal of Public Administration, 5, 2015

This interesting book focuses on a greatly under-explored topic of how the Chinese central government governs civil service pay. The author s fundamental arguments are that although central government has tried four waves of civil service pay reform since the foundation of the People s Republic of China in 1949, China still has not found a strong solution to align cadres motives to better public services and curb over-corruption within the complexities of central-local relations. ... The major contribution of Wu s work is to enrich governance theory with experience from China and to deepen our understanding of endogenous tensions within China s public administration system. It is more about theoretical application than theoretical innovation, and it displays a rich collection of empirical evidence and statistical data to support its theoretical arguments. (Yongjing Zhang, University of Ottawa) --Political Studies Review 14 (1), 2016

L'autore:

Alfred M. Wu is Lecturer in the Department of Asian and Policy Studies at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He earned his PhD from City University of Hong Kong. His research interests include public sector reform, central - local fiscal relations, corruption and governance, and social protection in Greater China. In addition to his academic research, Dr Wu writes for the media, regularly contributing columns and op-eds that address governance and public policy issues in Greater China.

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• Editore: Nordic Inst of Asian Studies
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 8776941442
• ISBN 13: 9788776941444
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 236