About the author

Abstract

Jon S.T. Quah, Ph.D., was professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and co-editor of the Asian Journal of Political Science until his retirement in June 2007 after 35 years of service. Now he is a consultant on anti-corruption strategies, civil service reform, and policy analysis in Asian countries. He was Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS (July 1990–June 1991), Head of the Department of Political Science (1992–1998), and Coordinator of the European Studies Program (1990–1998). His visiting appointments include: the East-West Center in Honolulu; the Harvard-Yenching Institute and Harvard Institute of International Development; the Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California at Berkeley; the Stanford Program in International Legal Studies and the Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University; and the National Center for Development Studies, Australian National University. He has published widely on anti-corruption strategies and civil service reform in Asian countries, and on public administration in Singapore. He is the author of Curbing Corruption in Asia: A Comparative Study of Six Countries (Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 2003) and Combating Corruption Singapore-Style: Lessons for Other Asian Countries (Baltimore: School of Law, University of Maryland, 2007). Details of his other publications are available from http://www.jonstquah.com.

Citation

(2010), "About the author", Quah, J.S.T. (Ed.) Public Administration Singapore-style (Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 19), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, p. xvii. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0732-1317(2010)0000019019