Government: Most read books
Open Government
Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice
by Daniel Lathrop and Laurel Ruma
In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries and practi...
(2010)
427 Reads
Better Regulation in Eur...
This report maps and analyses the core issues which together make up effective regulatory management for France, laying down a framework of what should be driving regulatory policy and reform in the future. Issues examined include: strategy and policies for improving regulator...
(2010)
224 Reads
Better Regulation in Eur...
The importance of effective regulation has never been so clear as it is today, in the wake of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. But how exactly can Better Regulation policy improve countries’ economic and social welfare prospects, underpin sustained growt...
(2010)
215 Reads
Cultural Studies and Cul...
What a Difference a Region Makes
by Chris Berry, Nicola Liscutin, and Jonathan D. ...
This book critically assesses the implementation of the "one country, two systems" in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) from the political, judicial, legal, economic and societal dimensions. The author contends that there has been a gradual process of mainlan...
(2010)
113 Reads
Rethinking e-Government ...
User-Centred Approaches
Expecting substantial savings and improved public services – a trend further accentuated by the financial and economic crisis beginning in 2008 – OECD countries have invested in the development of e-government services over the past 10-15 years. However, despite the initial ex...
(2009)
41 Reads
Electing Hong Kong's Chi...
by Simon Young and Richard Cullen
Underground Front is a pioneering examination of the role that the Chinese Communist Party has played in Hong Kong since the creation of the Party in 1921, through to the present day. This book brings events right up to date and includes the results of a survey about the Hong ...
(2010)
34 Reads
Art, Politics, and Comme...
by Zhidong Hao
The book examines the historical development of national identity across the Taiwan Strait, and argues for a hybrid of federation and confederation as a compromise solution to the current political impasse. It emphasizes the important role of the state an
(2010)
9 Reads
China
A Religious State
本書乃一實用指南。它能幫助香港市民更有效地參與公共事務。本書所提出的一些建議可以讓市民與市民之間,以及市民與政府間,共同作出決定和採取行動。這本書是基於一個信念,即市民和政府可以在有效的公共對話中獲益。本書提供實質的資料,教人如何逐步推動一個想法或意念,並會解釋如何使用這些資料去影響政府部門和私人機構。本手冊並會講解如何撰寫新聞稿、組織運動及籌款,並列出個別政府部門、政府官員及傳媒的聯絡方法,還提供籌款計劃書和新聞稿範本以及其他有用的資料。思匯政策研究所相信市民和政府可以共同就社會事務,作出公開及具創意的決定。決策過程中要讓相關人士可以充分參與的成...
(2007)
1 Read
The Civil Service in Hon...
The civil service has made significant contribution to the development of Hong Kong. Over the years, this institution has been exposed to challenges emanating from the rapidly changing environment. The preparation for Hong Kong's integration with China was a major accomplishme...
(2010)
No Reads
The Dragon and the Crown
Hong Kong Memoirs
by Stanley S.K.... and Nicole Kwan
This is one of the few books that argues for a feasible compromise solution to the political conflict across the Taiwan Strait that still troubles greater China. The author elaborates on the factors both enabling and constraining the formation of a hybrid of federation and con...
(2008)
No Reads

