Extent: | Online-Ressource (XII, 251 p, online resource) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Preface; Abbreviation and Acronyms; Contents; 1 Introduction; Introduction; Governance Indicators in South Asia; Wealth and Health Indicators in South Asia; Contents of the Book; References; 2 Understanding Governance in South Asia; Introduction; Understanding Governance in South Asia; Paternalism; Implications; The Administrative State; Alliances and Networking; Alliances Between Political Parties; Politics-Business Nexus; Implications; Reinventing State; Four Faces of Governance in South Asia; Conclusion; References; 3 Improving Governance: Lessons Learnt; Introduction The Origins of the ConceptThe Evolution of the Concept; Lessons Learnt; Institutional Transfers are Difficult; Countries Have Their Own Institutional Legacies; Context Makes a Difference; Good Governance as Aid Conditionality has Outlived Itself; Future Challenges; Independent or Dependent Variable; How to Get a Better Understanding; Process or Outcome Variables; Conclusions; References; 4 Good Governance and the Global Economic Crises: A New Opportunity for UNDP? Comparing WB and UNDP Good Governance Rhetoric; Introduction; Economic Governance Versus Democratic Governance An Ongoing Discourse: NeoliberalismGG and the WB: A Growing Critique; UNDP: Will It Capture the Day?; Toward a Polarization Between the WB and UNDP? A Donor Driven Process at Country Level Versus Global Economic Expertise?; Hard Economic Laws and Soft Societal Adjustments; Donor Experience and Donor Support: A Critical Influence for UNDP; Streamlining the Discourse of Democratic Governance; Politics, Democracy, and the Market: How Power Relations Work?; Democracy and Power: A UNDP Policy Success?; Conclusion; References; 5 Failed States and the Lack of Good Governance: A Causal Explanation IntroductionDependent Variable: The Failed States; Operational Definition of Failed States; Independent Variable: Good Governance; Operational Definition: Good Governance; Data Analysis; Conclusion; Appendix 1; References; 6 The Quest for Better Governance: A Case Study of India; Introduction; Policy of Globalization and Liberalization in India: The Background; The New Public Management Paradigm and Governance in India; Introducing NPM in the Governance of India; The NPM and the Emerging Moral Dilemmas; India's Quest for Good Governance: Some Emerging Problems Strategies Needed for Good Governance and Sustainable DevelopmentAdopting a Normative Model of Good Governance; The Public--Private Sector Synergy; Accountability as a Basic Requisite for Good Governance; Adoption of IT and the Concept of E-Governance; The Citizen-Oriented Paradigm of Good Governance; Combating Corruption for Good Governance; Reversing Policy Paralysis; Concluding Observations; 7 Application of Performance-Based Management: A Case of Nepalese Civil Service Reform; Introduction; Reforms and Performance-Based Management in Nepal; Conceptual Framework; Reforms New Public Management |
ISBN: | 978-1-4614-7372-5 ; 978-1-4614-7371-8 |
Other identifiers: | 10.1007/978-1-4614-7372-5 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016805