Towards and away from responsible government: an introduction. -- Institutionalizing responsible government in Taiwan: the role of US aid. -- Contractual thinking and responsible government in China: a constructivist framework for analysis. -- Dual dimensions of responsibility: the internal disciplinary regulations of the Chinese Community Party. -- Failing to treat: why publlic hospitals in China do not work? -- Working for the peasants: strategic interactions and unintended consequences in the Chinese rural tax reform. -- Whose responsibility? the marginalization of personal responsibility and moral character. -- In lieu of a conclusion.

1. Responsibility -- East Asia
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