Governance and Developing Countries

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12247-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 82, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 304 g

Reihe: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology

Governance is not a topic that easily lends itself to neat and precise definitions. Although concepts and practices of governance are profoundly under-specified, they are frequently associated with three dimensions: how and why governments are structured, what processes they employ in governing, and what results they are able to accomplish in serving their societies. As scholars continue to marvel over what theories and models are utilized in the design and implementation of activities and policies of governance, popular views boldly affirm that better governance is the Third World’s best hope to remedy their political and economic woes. The articles in this book represent a wide range of scholarly interests that extend from the abstract and conceptual to the specific and applied. The articles by Baaklini, Elsenhans, and Hyden mainly are in the category of conceptual analysis. The rest of the contributions by Mavimba and Chackerian (Zimbabwe), Jabbra and Jabbra (Lebanon), Jain (India), and Nelsen (China) deal with important national experiences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jreisat, Jamil

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, Jamil E. Jreisat

I. Operationalizing Governance for Sustainable Development, Goran Hyden
II. The Political Economy of Good Governance, Hartmut Elsenhans
III. Administration in Developing Countries and the Democratic Challenge, Abdo I. Baaklini
IV. Consociational Democracy in Lebanon: A Flawed System of Governance, Joseph G. Gabbra and Nancy W. Jabbra
V. Globalization vs. local Institutional Factors in the Implementation of Zimbabwe’s Civil Service Reforms, 1991-1996, Paul Mavima and Richard Chackerian
VI. Globalization, Liberalization, and Human Security in India: Challenges for Governance, R.B. Jain
VII. Chinese Governance: Problems and Prospects, Harvey Nelsen

Contributors
Index of Names
Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Jamil Jreisat, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, is Professor of Public Administration and Political Science at the Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida. His latest publications include Politics Without Process: Administering Development in the Arab World (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1997) and Public Organization Management: The Development of Theory and Practice (Greenwood Publishers, 1997).