Joining The Global Public

Joining the Global Public examines early Chinese-language newspapers and analyzes their impact on China's modernization. Exploring a range of media such as regular dailies, illustrated weeklies, and entertainment papers, contributors look at factors that influenced the nature of these publications, including foreign models, foreign managers, and a first generation of Chinese journalists, editorialists, and "newspainters." With analyses demonstrating how the growth of popular media would enable China to join the global public, contributors also examine the impact of inserting an alien medium—a newspaper—into a Chinese universe and note the spread of new attitudes and values as entertainment papers filled the space of a newly created urban leisure. A superb and pioneering documentation of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Chinese-language media, Joining the Global Public serves as an introduction to this important yet little-studied part of China's modernization.

Global Writing for Public Relations: Connecting in English with Stakeholders and Publics Worldwide provides multiple resources to help students and public relations practitioners learn best practices for writing in English to communicate and connect with a global marketplace. Author Arhlene Flowers has created a new approach on writing for public relations by combining intercultural communication, international public relations, and effective public relations writing techniques. Global Writing for Public Relations offers the following features: Insight into the evolution of English-language communication in business and public relations, as well as theoretical and political debates on global English and globalization; An understanding of both a global thematic and customized local approach in creating public relations campaigns and written materials; Strategic questions to help writers develop critical thinking skills and understand how to create meaningful communications materials for specific audiences; Storytelling skills that help writers craft compelling content; Real-world global examples from diverse industries that illustrate creative solutions; Step-by-step guidance on writing public relations materials with easy-to-follow templates to reach traditional and online media, consumers, and businesses; Self-evaluation and creative thinking exercises to improve cultural literacy, grammar, punctuation, and editing skills for enhanced clarity; and Supplemental online resources for educators and students. English is the go-to business language across the world, and this book combines the author’s experience training students and seasoned professionals in crafting public relations materials that resonate with global English-language audiences. It will help public relations students and practitioners become proficient and sophisticated writers with the ability to connect with diverse audiences worldwide.

In an industry of higher education that measures the longevity of its leading institutions in decades and centuries, the establishment and rapid growth of the eight-year-old Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School), National University of Singapore, is a remarkable story that deserves to be told. The five co-authors, all of whom were involved in guiding the School during its formative years, provide unique perspectives of key events and the thinking behind major decisions that helped place the School on its current trajectory. They also provide insights into the challenges faced along the way as well as their own motivations in becoming part of this enterprise. Finally, each author provides his or her own thoughts as to the challenges and opportunities that could emerge for the LKY School in years to come. Read the chapters authored by dynamic, key founding and management personnel of the LKY School and discover for yourselves: the relevance of an Asian policy schoolwhat will make the LKY School's curriculum “one of the most innovative”what sets global policy studies apart from all other academic disciplineswhy executive education at the LKY School is one of the largest in the worldwhy the LKY School is the third best-endowed policy school in the worlda view of high-profile participating “student officials”Contents:Introduction: Inspiring Leaders, Improving Lives (Stavros N Yiannouka)Reflections of a Founding Dean (Kishore Mahbubani)Building a World-Class School of Public Policy (Stavros N Yiannouka)The Three Enigmas of Professional Policy Education (Scott A Fritzen)Richness, Rigour and Relevance: Creating a Strong and Vibrant Research Community at a New School of Public Policy (Astrid S Tuminez)A “Singapore School” of Public Policy (Kenneth Paul Tan)Conclusion: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead (Scott A Fritzen)Appendix A: Global Public Policy as a Field of Study: A View from Asia (Kanti Bajpai, Scott A Fritzen and Kishore Mahbubani)Appendix B: A Sampling of Research Projects and Milestones Keywords:Public Policy;Education;University;Management;Leadership;Institution-Building;Lee Kuan Yew;SingaporeReviews: "The rapid emergence of the Lee Kuan Yew School as Asia's preeminent school of public policy is an impressive achievement that deserves to be emulated across ASEAN and elsewhere. With this book, Kishore Mahbubani and his colleagues have provided the world with an insightful narrative on what it takes to build a global policy school." Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President of Indonesia "The struggle for effective government is never ending, and it becomes more challenging in a world that has become so closely interconnected. Singapore, by its own success, by its location and by its leadership, is singularly well placed to help educate the new generation in meeting the responsibilities thrust upon it. The very name of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy carries a strong message right through Asia and beyond: here is a place where responsible public service is respected, indeed an essential part of a healthy society." Paul A Volcker former Federal Reserve Chairman and Member of the Governing Board of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy "The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy has in eight brisk years become a new global venue for serious and open-minded study of policy. The lessons are themselves evolving, never fixed, and now flow in many directions as emerging and developed countries gain insights from each other's experiences. The School is helping advance this flow of ideas — in economic and social policies, and in managing for a sustainable environment. Singapore will benefit, just as we share our own experiences with others in Asia and around the world." Tharman Shanmugaratnam Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of Singapore "Emerging market countries tackling the challenges of globalisation need to benchmark their institutions and policies against high standards of good governance and best practice. This poses special challenges at a time when established practices in developed countries, which were earlier uncritically accepted as the best, are now seen to have flaws. The Lee Kuan Yew School has built a well-earned reputation for doing research and providing a forum for policy debate on these issues." Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Government of India "Governance is truly at the heart of today's political debate. It is, increasingly, about the means to create change and improve outcomes — in a sense less one of ideology and more one of efficiency and effectiveness. The result is that it will be the learnings about what makes for effective government — not just from Singapore but from around the world — that will be the engine of our future prosperity. Public policy schools are clearly central to this: to collect, analyse, and share scholarship about such governance systems, processes and mind-sets. I have been immensely impressed by the work of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in its first eight years. I heartily commend this new book, which shows its experience, provides a platform for others to learn from, and of course confirm to us the value that sound and rigorous public policy education has for our young and more experienced leaders alike." Tony Blair former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom "Public policy education is expanding rapidly around the world. Prospective public policy students, faculty, deans, government officials, think-tank experts and university presidents should all read this book. The Lee Kuan Yew School is forging its own path, building on the experience of its peer schools in the U.S. and Europe but also developing its own distinctive curriculum and philosophy as to how to prepare public servants and public policy leaders in Asia and across the globe." Anne-Marie Slaughter Bert G Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs Princeton University "University-based global policy schools are playing an increasingly important role in a globalized world. They provide intellectual arenas where solutions to the world's policy challenges are developed and debated. The Lee Kuan Yew School is an important new participant based in and focused on Asia. In this book some of its key architects share their perspectives and insights on the global policy education enterprise and its importance." Pascal Lamy Director-General World Trade Organization "Since its creation in 2004, the Lee Kuan Yew School has become a respected and welcome addition to the community of schools of public policy around the world. The story of this success is well described in these pages." Joseph Nye former Dean Harvard Kennedy School of Government and author of The Future of Power "Good governance is key to Singapore's success. In this complex world, a small country like Singapore must constantly reflect on itself, anticipate future scenarios, adapt to changing circumstances and have the capacity to respond well to unexpected events. This requires a clear framework of principles for thinking and executing policy. As a global public policy school located in Singapore, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy plays an important role. It can present to others the lessons that Singapore has learnt through its own policy experience. It can also harness new ideas and perspectives from the rest of the world to help its students and collaborators stay alert to new challenges and possibilities. This book, in part, deals with such concerns in a thoughtful and honest way." Lim Siong Guan former Head of the Singapore Civil Service "The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy has been a leader and trailblazer in public policy-related education in Asia since its founding eight years ago. UNDP believes that effective public policy design and implementation are central to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the post-2015 development agenda. We look forward to strengthening our partnership with the School in the years ahead, through collaboration between the School and UNDP's recently announced Global Centre for Public Service Excellence in Singapore which should be established before the end of the year." Helen Clark Administrator United Nations Development Programme and former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Global Public Governance is a text written for students, scholars and lay people interested in learning about this global system, which emerged and has evolved in response to global challenges that no one actor can effectively address. Drawing on what has been published over the last several decades, this text highlights the importance of states and nonstate actors seeking to provide global public goods through collective action. Covering conceptual, theoretical, and empirical issues, as well as eight main themes — global security, human rights, global criminal justice, global health, global education, global finance, global trade, and the global environment — this text offers a comprehensive treatment of global public governance. It concludes that the current system remains far from effective, but world government is not a better alternative. In short, this text proposes a regional approach to global public governance.

Conflict of interest occurs at all levels of governance, ranging from local to global, both in the public and the corporate and financial spheres. There is increasing awareness that conflicts of interest may distort decision-making processes and generate inappropriate outcomes, thereby undermining the functioning of public institutions and markets. However, the current worldwide trend towards regulation, which seeks to forestall, prevent and manage conflicts of interest, has its price. Drawbacks may include the stifling of decision-making processes, the loss of expertise among decision-makers and a vicious circle of distrust. This interdisciplinary and international book addresses specific situations of conflict of interest in different spheres of governance, particularly in global, public and corporate governance.

In this pathbreaking new book, Wolfgang Reinicke provides an in-depth analysis of economic globalization and examines its implications for public policy. Using four case studies--global banking, money laundering, dual-use export controls, and trade in chemical precursors--the book develops the concept of global public policy and shows how its principles have the potential to improve the capacities of policymakers to deal with the challenges of the 21st century.

Elaborating on the concepts first introduced in Global Public Goods, this book addresses the long overdue issue of how to adjust the concept of public goods to today's economic and political realities. The production of global public goods requires the orchestration of initiatives by a large number of diverse actors across different levels and sectors. It may require the collaboration of governments, business and civil society, and in most cases it almost certainly calls for an effective linkage of the local, national, regional, and global levels. In light of today's new realities, this book examines a series of managerial and political challenges that pertain to the design and implementation of production strategies and the monitoring and evaluation of global public goods provision.As participatory decision-making enhances the political support for - and thus the effectiveness of - certain policy decisions, this volume offers suggestions on a number of pragmatic policy reforms for bringing the global public more into public policy making on global issues. Nine case studies examine the importance of the global public good concept from the viewpoint of developing countries, exploring how and where the concerns of the poor and the rich overlap.Providing Global Public Goods offers important and timely suggestions on how to move in a more feasible and systematic way towards a fairer process of globalization that works in the interests of all.

In this third edition, The Global Public Relations Handbook: Theory, Research, and Practice offers state-of-the-art discussions of the global public relations industry, blending research-based theory with practice, and presented in essays from both academics and practitioners. This edition's 28 essays in three sections take into account changes in the global communication landscape especially in the last ten years. The first section contains essays that provide conceptual linkages between public relations and international political systems, economic systems and levels of development, societal culture, different media systems including digital media, and activism. Essays in the second section discuss the communication of various global actors such as corporations (including family-owned enterprises), non-profits, governments (and public sector enterprises), global public relations agencies, IGOs such as the European Union and NATO and "informal" organizations such as hactivist groups, terrorists, and failed states. The third section discusses key global communication issues such as climate change, character assassination as a communication tool, internal communication, risk and crisis communication, public affairs, and public diplomacy. This will be an essential resource for students and researchers of public relations, strategic communication, and international communication.