Government and Business

Course Coordinator: Dr Percy Lui, BSocSc (CUHK); MPA, PhD (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

Course Developer: Prof. Richard Chuang, Northern State University

This higher-level course is one of the core courses within the BsocSc in Public Administration and BSocSc (Hons) in Public Administration. It is an interdisciplinary course dealing with the interrelationship between government and business.

Advisory prerequisite(s)
You are advised to have already studied SOSC A101.

Aims
This course aims to provide learners with a framework to understand the role of government and business in general, and their role in promoting economic development in particular. Drawing on the experiences of developed and developing countries, especially those in East Asia, the course is designed to guide students as public administrators to analyse the prospects and problems involved in the interplay between business and government in fostering economic growth in the age of globalization.

Contents
The course covers the following topics:

• Market failure and government failure
• Government and business in advanced countries: I
• Government and business in advanced countries: II
• Government and business in newly industrializing countries
• Government and business in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan
• Re-examining the East Asian developmental model
• International political economy: I
• International political economy: II
• Managing business-government relations

Learning support
There will be 12 two-hour tutorials and two two-hour day schools.

Assessment
There will be four assignments and a final examination. Students are required to submit assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).

Set book(s)
Gilpin, R (2001) Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.