Dr. Frank J. Thompson

Now: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Campus at Newark

Before: Professor II (highest rank), School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers-Newark, and Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, New Brunswick

1. Can Performance and Accountability Be Reconciled?
2. Economic, Cultural, and Empirical Perspectives
3. Chief Executives and Administrative Agencies
4. Contending Institutions: Legislative Bodies, The Courts, and Federalism
5. Private Administrative Agents and Democracy
6. Civic Culture, Interest Representation, and The Quest For Reform

Dr. David L. Weimer

Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1. Overview of “Grand” Policy Process Models
2. Policy Analysis and Policy Research
3. Cost-Benefit Analysis

Part II: Institutional Design

1. Introduction to Rational Choice Theory of Institutions
2. Models of Delegation
3. Case Study: Governance of U.S. Organ Transplantation

Jon S.T. Quah

Professor of Department of Politics, National University

1. Corruption: Causes, Consequences and Control Measures
2. Combating Corruption in Japan, India and the Philippines
3. Combating Corruption in Singapore and Hong Kong SAR
4. Combating Corruption in Taiwan

Part II: Public Administration in Singapore

1. Public Administration Singapore-Style
2. PAP Government’s Philosophy of Governing Singapore

Dr. Frank Fischer

Professor, Political Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Campus at Newark

1. Introduction: Mainstream and Critical Perspectives in Public Policy Analysis
2. The Policy Process: Theory and Research
3. Policy Agenda-Setting: The Sociopolitical Construction of Policy Problems
4. Policy Formulation: Instruments, Networks, and Advocacy Coalitions
5. Cost-Benefit Analysis: The Politics of Methodology
6. Policy Adoption: Decision-Making and Legitimation
7. Policy Implementation: Forging the Causal Chain
8. Evaluation: From Outcomes to Criteria and Process
9. The Argumentative Turn: Deliberative Policy Analysis
10. Discourse and Narrative Policy Analysis
11. Participatory Policy Analysis: Theory, Practices, and Cases
12. Review and Conclusions

劉國材博士

Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Central Florida
Vice-chairman, American Society for Public Administration, ASPA

1. Backgorund of Local Government Management
2. Local Government Management Reform
3. Local Economic Development Approaches
4. Development Planning
5. Development Financing
6. Development Issues and Challanges