Format:
1 online resource (272 pages)
ISBN:
9781626373839
Content:
Although governance has been the focus of a considerable body of literature on democratic transitions and consolidation, data to support the claim that the concept is a useful one has been lacking. Now, however, Making Sense of Governance clearly shows the utility of research on governance, presenting empirical evidence from sixteen developing countries.The authors focus on six arenas: civil, political, and economic society and the executive, bureaucracy, and judiciary. Demonstrating conclusively for the first time that perceptions of governance by local stakeholders are realistic indicators of the nature and quality of a political regime, they also reveal the dynamic nature of governance and to what extent it correlates with socioeconomic variables.This comprehensive study is based on interviews in Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Tanzania, Thailand, and Togo.
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Tables -- Table 1.1 Shifts in Development Thinking and Emphasis from the 1950s to thePresent -- Table 1.2 Governance and Its Relations to Other Concepts and Activities -- Table 1.3 The Functional Dimensions of Governance and Their InstitutionalArenas -- Table 1.4 Differences Between a Needs Approach and a Rights Approach toDevelopment -- Table 2.1 Comparative Analysis of the Six Arenas of Governance, 1995 and 2000 -- Table 3.1 Aggregate Civil Society Scores by Country, 2000 -- Table 3.2 Mean Scores on Civil Society Indicators by Groups of Countries -- Table 4.1 Aggregate Political Society Scores by Country, 2000 -- Table 4.2 Mean Scores on Political Society Indicators by Groups of Countries -- Table 5.1 Aggregate Government Arena Scores by Country, 2000 -- Table 5.2 Mean Scores on Government Arena Indicators by Groups of Countries -- Table 6.1 Aggregate Bureaucracy Arena Scores by Country, 2000 -- Table 7.1 Aggregate Economic Society Scores by Country, 2000 -- Table 7.2 Mean Scores of Economic Society Indicators by Groups of Countries -- Table 8.1 Aggregate Judiciary Scores by Country, 2000 -- Table 8.2 Mean Scores on Judiciary Indicators by Groups of Countries -- Table 9.1 Revised Governance Framework with Six Indicators per Arena -- Table 9.2 Comparison of WGS Country Scores with Freedom HouseDesignations, 2000 -- Table 9.3 Summed Up Score Per Governance Arena, 1995 and 2000 -- Table 9.4 Foundational Indicators for Each Governance Arena -- Table 9.5 Proposed Scale for Identifying Quality of Governance -- Table 9.6 WGS Governance Scores and Various Development Indicators -- Table A1 Distribution of WGS Stakeholder Groups in the High GovernanceCountries -- Table A2 Distribution of WGS Stakeholder Groups in the Medium GovernanceCountries.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781588262677
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781588262677
Language:
English
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=4451543
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626373839
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https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781626373839
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