Overview
- Interdisciplinary in nature, integrating philosophy, political science, law etc. to analyze public issues
- Focuses on analyzing social values in public policy in the East-West context of Hong Kong
- Reflects on public affairs and policy issues from a social values perspective, offering valuable reading and reference material for citizenship education
- Engages readers in interactive learning concerning citizenship education at the societal level by stimulating reflection, discussion and the motivation to act
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Governance and Citizenship in Asia (GOCIA)
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This book employs a unique interdisciplinary approach to analyze different ethical dilemmas in public policy, applying values and concepts to examine substantive policy and public issues that are grounded in practical realities (by integrating philosophy, political science, law, policy studies etc.), thereby bringing fresh insights to governance. Building on the nascent scholarly literature on the role of values in governance, it focuses on analyzing “social values in public policy” in the East-West context of Hong Kong, yielding new insights on how to achieve good governance by reflecting on public affairs and policy issues from a social values perspective. The book will be of interest to researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students in the fields of philosophy, political science, public policy and social science in general, while politicians, public administrators, policy researchers and other professionals (e.g. teachers, journalists, social workers, doctors etc.) from both East and West will find it stimulating and constructive. The book offers well-founded reading and reference material for citizenship education, e.g. as teaching materials, especially for General Education courses at universities and Liberal Studies and Arts curricula in secondary schools. It also provides food for thought on the part of general citizens.“This will be a very important and unique book in the study of ethical pluralism and
public policy in Hong Kong.”
– Professor Sonny Lo Shiu Hing
“Public policy both reflects and shapes social values and social norms. However, the so-
cial values and ethical dimensions of public policy are often left implicit and unexplored
in policy analysis and policy formulation. The big questions – what kind of society do
we want to create? What is at stake here? Whose values? – are debated and discussed
in some other context which is more distant from the applied world ofpolicymaking.
This book takes a different position and puts ethical issues and social values up front in
an exploration of a number of key public policy issues in Hong Kong. In doing so, the
book makes a very timely intervention in Hong Kong’s increasingly contentious public
affairs and makes an important contribution to the general literature.”
– Professor Ray Forrest
public policy in Hong Kong.”
– Professor Sonny Lo Shiu Hing
“Public policy both reflects and shapes social values and social norms. However, the so-
cial values and ethical dimensions of public policy are often left implicit and unexplored
in policy analysis and policy formulation. The big questions – what kind of society do
we want to create? What is at stake here? Whose values? – are debated and discussed
in some other context which is more distant from the applied world ofpolicymaking.
This book takes a different position and puts ethical issues and social values up front in
an exploration of a number of key public policy issues in Hong Kong. In doing so, the
book makes a very timely intervention in Hong Kong’s increasingly contentious public
affairs and makes an important contribution to the general literature.”
– Professor Ray Forrest
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Citizenship, Social Values and Public Policy
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Front Matter
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Betty Yung is Centre Research Fellow of the Centre for Governance and Citizenship at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. She completed her PhD in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She worked and taught at different universities, including the University of Hong Kong, the City University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong etc. Her research interests include interdisciplinary approach to policy studies, politics and public administration.
Kam Por Yu is currently Director of the General Education Centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Public and Social Administration of the City University of Hong Kong and a Research Fellow in the Harvard School of Public Health of Harvard University. His latest publications include several books on Confucian ethics and practical ethics, as well as a series of papers on the Confucian views on war, peace, harmony, civility, and pluralistic values.
Kam Por Yu is currently Director of the General Education Centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Public and Social Administration of the City University of Hong Kong and a Research Fellow in the Harvard School of Public Health of Harvard University. His latest publications include several books on Confucian ethics and practical ethics, as well as a series of papers on the Confucian views on war, peace, harmony, civility, and pluralistic values.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ethical Dilemmas in Public Policy
Book Subtitle: The Dynamics of Social Values in the East-West Context of Hong Kong
Editors: Betty Yung, Yu Kam Por
Series Title: Governance and Citizenship in Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0437-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0435-3Published: 14 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9162-9Published: 25 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0437-7Published: 04 March 2016
Series ISSN: 2365-6255
Series E-ISSN: 2365-6263
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 212
Topics: Administration, Organization and Leadership, Public Administration, Educational Policy and Politics