Contents; List of Figures, Plates and Tables; Preface; Abbreviations and Acronyms; A Note on the Place Name and the Currency; List of Contributors; 1. Social Stability and Economic Growth; Part I. The Gaming Industry and Its Critics; 2. The Development of the Gaming Industry and Its Impact on Land Use; Plate 2.1-2.3; 3. The Impact of Gaming Liberalisation on Public Opinion and Political Culture; Part II. Governance; 4. Executive-Legislative Relationships and the Development of Public Policy; 5. Challenges and Threats to Traditional Associations

6. Civil Service Reform: Building Basic Administrative Capacity7. Improving Productivity through Efficiency Wages: The Case of the Civil Service; Part III. Public Policy; 8. Labour Policy: Resolving the Mismatch between Demand and Supply; 9. Labour Regulation in the Liberalised Casino Economy: The Case of the Croupiers; 10. Education Governance and Reform: Bringing the State Back In; 11. Housing Policy: A Neoliberal Agenda?; 12. Social Welfare Policy: A 'Flexible' Strategy?; Part IV. Conclusions; 13. Gaming, Governance and Public Policy: Constraints and Opportunities

Appendix - Timeline: Macao 1999-2010Notes and References; Selected Bibliography; Index