Public Education Reform and Network Governance

Philip Wing Keung Chan is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. He has worked in course development and training at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers. He is a convenor of the Chinese Education Research Team and a series editor of the Asia Pacific Education Book Series of Monash University Publishing. His authored/edited books are Asia Pacific Education: Diversity, Challenges and Changes (Monash University Publishing, 2012), Equality in Education: Fairness and Inclusion (Sense Publishers, 2014), Asia as Method in Education Studies: A Defiant Imagination (Routledge, 2015), Asia Pacific Education: Leadership, Governance and Administration (Information Age Publishing, 2018) and Comparing Expert Teachers: Lessons from Finland, Hong Kong, the US and Australia (Routledge, forthcoming).

The book unravels the intricacies and complexities present in the different modes of network governance in China’s seemingly centralised education system.Hairon Salleh, National Institute of Education, Singapore Chan’s book is an essential text for anyone interested in contemporary issues in Chinese education policy, particularly, the role of network governance and its impact on education reform in China. It is sorely overdue.Daniel Ness, St. John's University, USA

• Series Editor’s Overview Acknowledgments List of Figures List of Appendices List of Abbreviations Glossary 1. Introduction and Key Terms 2. Education and Modes of Governing 3. Theorising Network Governance 4. The Trajectory of State-owned Enterprise Education 5. Modes of Governance in SOE Schooling 6. Policy Implementation Through the Transaction of Differentially Valued Resources 7. Governing Public Education Reform in China References Appendices Index