Governance for Harmony in Asia and Beyond Book

Part I. Introduction 1. Why Governance for Harmony? - Tao, Julia; Cheung, Anthony B.L.; Painter, Martin; Li, Chenyang Part II. Governance for Harmony in East--West Traditions 2. The Confucian Conception of Harmony - Yu, Kam Por 3. Harmony as a Guiding Principle for Governance - Li, Chenyang 4. Harmony in Government - Neville, Robert Cummings Part III. The Quest for Harmony in Government in Asia 5. Harmony, Conformity or Timidity? Singapore’s Overachievement in the Quest for Harmony - Barr, Michael D. 6. Harmony in Government--Society Governance: Problems, Challenges and Prospects in Malaysia - Nathan, K.S. 7. Risks in Adopting Modernization as the Way to Build a Harmonious Society in Modern China - Ouyang, Kang 8. Governance for Harmony: Challenges for Public Service Delivery Reform in China and Vietnam - Painter, Martin 9. Restoring Governability in Hong Kong: Managing Plurality and Joining Up Governance - Cheung, Anthony B.L. Part IV. The Quest for Harmony Beyond Asia: Interplay of Culture and Institution from Confucian and Liberal Perspectives 10. Open Politics and Disharmony - Rockman, Bert A. 11. Disharmony and Civil Society: A View from Latin America - Armony, Ariel C. 12. Consensual but Not Confucian: Resolving the Paradox of Consensual Politics in Scandinavia - Pierre, Jon 13. Harmony through Network Governance? - Torfing, Jacob 14. Can the Confucian Way Lead Us out of the Paradox of Trust in Democracy? - Tao, Julia 15. Propriety, Law and Harmony: A Functional Argument for the Rule of Virtue - Zhang, Qianfan 16. Xunzi’s Vision of Society: Harmony by Justice - Roetz, Heiner 17. Concordia versus Pax: The Impact of Eastern Governance for Harmony on Western Peace Concepts - Kumpfmüller, Karl A.