Public Administration Singapore-style -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Abbreviations -- About the author -- Preface -- Notes -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Singapore's success -- 1.2. Aim of the book -- 1.3. Major features of public administration Singapore-style -- 1.4. The Singapore civil service -- 1.5. Organization of the book -- Notes -- Chapter 2. Singapore's policy context -- 2.1. Meaning of policy context -- 2.2. Geography: The advantages of being small -- 2.3. History: The enduring legacy of British Colonial rule -- 2.4. Economic growth: From poverty to affluence -- 2.5. Demography: A multi-racial society -- 2.6. Political stability and continuity -- 2.7. Stretching the contextual constraints -- Note -- Chapter 3. The evolution of the Singapore Civil Service (1819-1959) -- 3.1. The pre-colony phase (1819-1867) -- 3.2. Crown colony rule (1867-1942) -- 3.3. The Japanese Occupation (1942-1945) -- 3.4. The post-war period (1945-1955) -- 3.5. The Labor Front coalition government period (1955-1959) -- Notes -- Chapter 4. Statutory boards -- 4.1. What is a statutory boardquest -- 4.2. Origins and evolution of statutory boards -- 4.3. Rationale for creating statutory boards -- 4.4 Functions of statutory boards -- 4.5. Case study of the HDB as an effective statutory board -- 4.6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 5. The public service commission -- 5.1. Origins of the PSC -- 5.2. Evolution of the PSC's role, 1951-1989 -- 5.3. The adoption of the shell performance appraisal system in the SCS -- 5.4. Devolution of the PSC's recruitment and promotion functions -- 5.5. The impact of the PSC -- 5.6. Unintended consequences -- Notes -- Chapter 6. Compensation: paying for the ''Best and Brightest'' -- 6.1. Meaning and functions of compensation -- 6.2. History of salary revisions.

6.3. Austerity phase, 1959-1971: no salary increases -- 6.4. Competing for talent through salary revisions (1972-1994) -- 6.5. Institutionalizing salary revision: benchmarking with private sector -- 6.6. Rationale for competitive public sector salaries -- 6.7. Consequences of paying competitive public sector salaries -- 6.8. Limited applicability of Singapore's approach -- Notes -- Chapter 7. Administrative reform -- 7.1. What is administrative reformquest -- 7.2. Limited administrative reform during British colonial period -- 7.3. Rationale for the PAP government's comprehensive reforms -- 7.4. Comprehensive reform of the SCS, 1959-1960 -- 7.5. Redistribution of government functions, 1981-1985 -- 7.6. Reforms in personnel management, 1982-1988 -- 7.7. Budgetary reforms, 1978-1997 -- 7.8. Evaluation of administrative reforms in Singapore -- Notes -- Chapter 8. Implementing PS21 in the Singapore Civil Service -- 8.1. Objectives of PS21 -- 8.2. Rationale for introducing PS21 -- 8.3. Components of PS21 -- 8.4. Setting service standards in the SCS -- 8.5. Integrating the SCS -- 8.6. Working with the ground -- 8.7. Training and recognition of civil servants -- 8.8. Problems in implementing WITs -- 8.9. Whither PS21quest -- Notes -- Chapter 9. Combating corruption -- 9.1. What is corruptionquest -- 9.2. Corruption during the British colonial period -- 9.3. The PAP government's anti-corruption strategy -- 9.4. Prevention of Corruption Act -- 9.5. The corrupt practices investigation bureau -- 9.6. Evaluation of Singapore's anti-corruption strategy -- 9.7. Lessons for other Asian countries -- Notes -- Chapter 10. The PAP government's philosophy of governance -- 10.1. Objectives of the PAP government -- 10.2. Assumptions about human nature -- 10.3. Strategies for intervention -- 10.4. Is Singapore's price of success too highquest -- Notes.

Chapter 11. Public administration Singapore-style -- 11.1. Effectiveness of Singapore's public bureaucracy -- 11.2. Explaining public administration Singapore-style -- 11.3. Is public administration Singapore-style transferablequest -- Notes -- Public Administration In Singapore: A Selected Bibliography -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.