Recent Ph.D. Graduates

jack3747@kimo.com.tw

Yun-Jie (Jack) Lee (graduated 1995). Jack's interests focus on the interpretation and understanding of the labor relations policy process in Taiwan, a paradigmatic newly industrialized country. He is trying to construct an integrated "state-centered" theoretical framework for public policy to investigate the historical and contextual evolution of labor relations policy as well as the political economy of development in Taiwan. He is concerned with how Taiwan can achieve better social and political development, and how its government can make and effectively implement better policies to achieve political and economic modernization. A critical problem lies in the necessity to cultivate and produce more well-trained, excellent public administrators and researchers in public affairs. He is now teaching at the National Open University in Taipei, Taiwan where he is a professor in the Department of Public Administration. His earlier degrees are from National Taiwan University, BA (political theory), and MA (public policy).