编者:李芝兰（ Linda Chelan Li），香港城市大学公共及社会行政学系副教授 。

　　出版商: 劳特利奇（Routledge, UK）， 2009年版。

　　内容简介：

　　This book explores the idea of responsible government in East Asia, arguing that many recent governance crises have resulted from responsibility failures on a huge scale.  It distinguishes between accountability, which it argues has been overemphasised recently, and responsibility, which it argues goes beyond accountability, true responsible government involving the actor in feeling liable for and taking responsibility for his or her actions.  It shows how historically the concept of responsibility is more embedded in political discussions in Asia, whereas the concepts of democracy and accountability are more embedded in the intellectual traditions of Europe, but that the challenges of revolution and post-revolution, decolonization and post-colonization and neo-liberal globalization have complicated matters.  Drawing on a wide range of case studies from East Asia, and relating the concepts discussed to political theory, ethics and social psychology, the book shows how actors in government and society interact to deliberate, produce or distract from the practice and perception of “responsible government”, and suggests how the concept of “responsible government”, better defined, might be encouraged to produce better governance.

　　目录：

　　Introduction: Towards and Away from Responsible Government;Linda Chelan Li;

　　1. Institutionalizing  Responsible Government in Taiwan :The Role of US Aid ;Tak-Wing Ngo and Yi-chi Chen;

　　2. Contractual Thinking and Responsible Government in China:A Constructivist Framework for Analysis;Chengxin Pan;

　　3. Dual Dimensions of Responsibility: The Internal Disciplinary Regulations of the Chinese Communist Party;Ting Gong ;

　　4. Failing to Treat: Why Public Hospitals in China do not Work?;Waikeung Tam;

　　5. Working for the Peasants? Strategic Interactions and Unintended Consequences in the Chinese Rural Tax Reform ;Linda Chelan Li;

　　6. Whose Responsibility? The Marginalization of Personal Responsibility and Moral Character; Ho Mun Chan;

　　7. In Lieu of a Conclusion ;Daniel Bell.