Public governance is one of the most important topics in public administration worldwide. It is of special importance to many Asian countries, which struggle with governance issues related to environmental concerns, democracy and economic growth. This book highlights a range of contextual issues related to public governance in East, Southeast and South Asian countries. This is a part of a wider project in which we have pictured key challenges and developments in different parts of the world. We provide a contextual view for the innovation discourse by focusing on the practical context in which innovation emerges and hopefully makes a real difference.

February 2, 2011, in Tampere, Finland and Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, Stephen J. Bailey, Pekka Valkama