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Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management
Comparative Governance Reform in Asia: Democracy, Corruption, and Government Trust
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Bidhya Bowornwathana
Bidhya Bowornwathana
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Clay Wescott
Clay Wescott
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Volume
17
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-1317(2008)17
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978-1-84663-997-5
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978-1-84663-996-8
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0732-1317
Publication date:
2008
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Administrative reform in Hong Kong: an institutional analysis of food safety

By
John P. Burns
John P. Burns
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John P. Burns
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2008
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17003-8
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    2008
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2008

In this chapter I trace the evolution of Hong Kong's political and administrative systems from one dominated by the bureaucracy to one dominated by the political executive. The change has had profound consequences for governance arrangements in Hong Kong and on reform capacity. I illustrate the impact of the change on the institutional arrangements in one policy domain, food safety.

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