TY - JOUR
T1 - Public Administration Research in East and Southeast Asia
T2 - A Review of the English Language Evidence, 1999-2009
AU - Walker, Richard M.
AU - Brewer, Gene A.
AU - Choi, Yujin
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (NRF-2011-330-B00194).
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - In this article, we describe and explore the topics, methods, and author arrangements of the English language literature on public administration in East and Southeast Asia. Articles in the review are for the period 1999-2009 and were identified in the Web of Science. Searches identified 309 articles in the disciplinary area of public administration. The emphasis of scholarly attention is on East Asia-China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea. Four major characteristics of this literature are noted. First, it is comparative in nature. Second, it focuses on system and regime change, as well as policies, as the major topics and units of analysis. Thirdly, it is primarily based on normative argumentation, and where it is empirical, it typically relies on secondary data. Fourth, it is largely interdisciplinary in nature, drawing on many disciplines and scholars from around the globe, but it is dominated by scholars based in English language speaking countries. In conclusion, we discuss the implications of these findings for the public administration discipline and research in the region.
AB - In this article, we describe and explore the topics, methods, and author arrangements of the English language literature on public administration in East and Southeast Asia. Articles in the review are for the period 1999-2009 and were identified in the Web of Science. Searches identified 309 articles in the disciplinary area of public administration. The emphasis of scholarly attention is on East Asia-China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea. Four major characteristics of this literature are noted. First, it is comparative in nature. Second, it focuses on system and regime change, as well as policies, as the major topics and units of analysis. Thirdly, it is primarily based on normative argumentation, and where it is empirical, it typically relies on secondary data. Fourth, it is largely interdisciplinary in nature, drawing on many disciplines and scholars from around the globe, but it is dominated by scholars based in English language speaking countries. In conclusion, we discuss the implications of these findings for the public administration discipline and research in the region.
KW - East and South East Asia
KW - public administration
KW - review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893603076&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0275074013497088
DO - 10.1177/0275074013497088
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84893603076
SN - 0275-0740
VL - 44
SP - 131
EP - 150
JO - American Review of Public Administration
JF - American Review of Public Administration
IS - 2
ER -