外文文献翻译:东南亚公共行政改革:趋势和影响.doc
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ReformingPublicAdministrationinSoutheast
Asia:
TrendsandImpacts
M.SHAMSULHAQUEpolhaque@nus.edu.sg
DepartmentofPoliticalScience,NationalUniversityofSingapore,Singapore
Keywords:
publicservicereform,currenttrend,majorimpact,SoutheastAsia
Abstract:
InSoutheastAsia,therecenttwodecadeshavewitnessedmajortheoretical,structural,functional,andethicalreformsintheadministrativesystem.Intheregion,thestate-centricmodeofpublicadministrationthatemergedduringthecolonialandpostcolonialperiods,hasrecentlybeentransformedintoabusinesslikepublicmanagementinlinewiththecurrentglobalmovementforsuchatransition.ThisarticleexaminesthetrendsofadministrativechangesincountriessuchasBrunei,Cambodia,Indonesia,Malaysia,Philippines,Singapore,Thailand,andVietnam.Italsobrieflyevaluatesthecriticalimpactsoftheserecentchangesonthesystemsofpublicadministrationandtheconditionsofcitizensandsocietiesintheregion.
Introduction
ThereisarelativeabsenceofcriticalacademicdiscourseonpublicadministrationinSoutheastAsia.Theexistingliteraturemostlycoverstheempiricalillustrationsandsimpledescriptionsoftheprevailingadministrativesystemsandperiodicadministrativechangesadoptedbyvariousgovernmentsintheregion.Thereishardlyanydebateontheconceptualandtheoreticalunderpinningsofsuchadministrativesystemsandreforms.Ontheotherhand,mostoftheseadministrativesystemsandtheirchangeshavebeenimitativeofthosefoundinWesterncapitalistnations.TheadministrativesystemsinSoutheastAsianotonlyrepresentthepastcoloniallegacies—e.g.,theBritishtraditioninMalaysiaandSingapore,theDutchsysteminIndonesia,andtheAmericanpatterninthePhilippines—theyhavealsobeenchangedduringthepostcolonialperiodbasedontherecentreformexperiencesofWesternnations.Duringthispost-independenceperiod,exceptforcommunistcountriessuchasVietnamandCambodia,theadministrativesystemsevolvedinSoutheastAsiainlinewiththeliberaldemocraticmodelsofpublicadministration(especiallytheBritishandAmericanmodels)characterizedbyprinciplessuchasseparationofpower,politicalneutrality,andpublicaccountability,whichweretobemaintainedthroughconstitutionalprovision,legalsystem,ManufacturedinTheNetherlands.legislativemeans,ministerialsupervision,budgetandaudit,andperformanceevaluation.
However,therecenttwodecadeshaveseenfundamentalhistoricalchangesinpublicadministrationindevelopednationsthemselves.Increasingly,theideologicalfoundationhasshiftedtowardneoliberalperspective,thepolicyorientationhaschangedtowardmarket-drivenagenda,thestructuralpatternhasmovedtowardneomanagerialautonomy,thefunctionalnaturehasshiftedtowardacatalyticrole,thenormativefeatureshavechangedinfavorofbusinesslikevalues,andtheservicerecipientsareredefinedasstakeholdersorcustomers(Rosenbloom,2001;Pereira,1997).TheseshiftsinpublicadministrationareinherentandevidentintherecentreforminitiativesundertakenbygovernmentsinAustralia,Belgium,Canada,Denmark,France,Germany,Italy,theNetherlands,NewZealand,theU.K.,andtheU.S.Followingtheleadofthesedevelopednations,manydevelopingnations,includingSoutheastAsiancountriessuchasBrunei,Cambodia,Indonesia,Malaysia,thePhilippines,Singapore,Thailand,andVietnam,haveintroducedsimilarideological,structural,functional,normative,andservice-relatedchangesintheiradministrativesystems(Haque,1998).
Interestingly,whilethepracticalnatureofpublicadministrationhasundergonesucharapidhistoricaltransformationinSoutheastAsia,theacademicliteratureordiscoursehasnotbeenparalleltothisadministrativetransitionintheregion.Itis,however,crucialtoreexaminethenatureanddimensionsoftheseunprecedentedadministrativereformsinordertoassesstheiracademicandpracticalimplicationsforpublicadministration.Inthisregard,thearticleexaminesthetheoretical-conceptual,structural-functional,andethical-motivationalpatternsofchangesinthepublicserviceinSoutheastAsia.Italsomakesabriefevaluationoftheseadministrativereforms,especiallyintermsoftheiradverseimpactsontheacademicdiscourse,thepracticalprofession,andthegeneralpublic.Itconcludesbystressingtheneedforaseriouscriticalevaluationofthecurrenthistoricaltrendsinpublicadministrationintheregion.
Trendsinpublicadministrationsetbycurrentreforms
Theoretical-conceptualtrend
Duringthepost-independenceperiod,inlinewiththeoverallstate-centeredmodelpursuedbymostregimesinthedevelopingworld,SoutheastAsiancountriesadoptedaplanneddevelopmentmodelrepresentingareformedversionofKeynesianeconomicframework.Thecentr
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