GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE IN EAST ASIA

“GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS”

• STRUCTURES: CENTRAL AND LOCAL UNITS OF THE STATE

• FUNCTIONS: FORMAL BUDGETING, RULE-MAKING, ADMINISTRATION

• POLICY MAKING: FORMAL PROCESSES; BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS; ELECTIONS; PARTY SYSTEM

• POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS

• PERSONALITIES: LEADERS, POWER FACTIONS, IDEOLOGY

“GOVERNANCE”

• IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY AND CULTURE

• POLICY MAKING: LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT STYLES (NETWORKS OF AUTHORITY); ELITE-MASS RELATIONS; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (ROLE OF INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS (NGOs); CENTRAL-LOCAL TENSIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS

• ISSUES: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES; CIVIL SOCIETY (HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE); ENVIRONMENT; EMPLOYMENT; IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION

• POLITICAL CULTURE