Bennis Wai Yip So is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration at National Chengchi University, TaiwanYuang-kuang Kao is a Professor in the Graduate Institute of Social Science and Humanities, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

• Preface Part 1: Civic Engagement 1. Social Policy for Elderly People: the Case of Haishu District, Ningbo City 2. Civic Engagement and Policy Making in Taiwan: The Case of Great Bitan Reform Program 3. Civic Engagement and Cultural Policymaking in Hong Kong: The Case of the West Kowloon Cultural Development District Part 2: Legislature 4. Participatory Budgeting: A Way to Reinforce the Power of the People’s Congresses 5. Understanding Democratization through Electoral Connection in Congressional Policy Making: A Case on the ‘Golden Decade’ of Social Policy Legislation in Taiwan 6. Can Legislature in a Half-baked Democracy Serve the Public? The Case of Minimum Wage Legislation in Hong Kong Part 3: Mass Media 7. Mass Media in Fragmented Administrative Policymaking Power in Mainland China: The Case of the ‘Big-headed Babies’ Incident 8. The Media Power of Manufacturing Policies: The Policymaking Process of the Su Hua Highway in Taiwan 9. The Role of Mass Media in Political Reform of Hong Kong Part 4: Bureaucracy 10. Selective Policy Implementation by Bureaucracy in China: The Case of Civil Service Remuneration Policy 11. How Far Does Bureaucracy Control the Agenda of Government Personnel Administrative Policy in Taiwan? The Case of Lawmaking of Civil Service Neutrality 12. Education reforms and Bureaucratic Manipulation in Post-Colonial Hong Kong Comparison and Implications