(Ebook) Good Governance and Development 1st Edition by Brian Smith ISBN 0230525652 9780230525658

(Ebook) Good Governance and Development 1st Edition by Brian Smith ISBN 0230525652 9780230525658

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ISBN 10: 0230525652 
ISBN 13: 9780230525658
Author: Brian Smith

An exploration of the implications of the 'good governance' agendas for developing and newly democratized countries. The book assesses the 'good governance' agenda and examines the view of the international development agencies. Finally it considers the contribution political science can make to an understanding of each dimension of governance.

(Ebook) Good Governance and Development 1st Table of contents:

1 Governance Agendas
Political conditionalities
Meanings of ‘good governance’
The enforcement of political conditionalities
Support for governance reforms
The aims of good governance
Interdependencies
Conclusion
2 Political Accountability
Good governance and democratic accountability
The costs of bad governance
Components of political accountability
Enforcement
Answerability
Constraints on legislative oversight
The context of reform
Conclusion
3 Human Rights
Rights and claims
Rights and development
International support for human rights
The scope of human rights
Universalism vs. relativism
Enforcing human rights
Conclusion
4 The Rule of Law
International support for the rule of law
Defining the rule of law
The rule of law and political development
The rule of law and economic development
The rule of law and poverty alleviation
Aid and judicial independence
Protecting judicial independence
The politics of law reform
Conclusion
5 The Decentralization of Political Power
Decentralization and good governance
Decentralization and development
Aid projects
Responsiveness
State legitimacy
Poverty reduction
Promoting the participation of the poor
Strengthening responsiveness to the poor
The state and poverty
Prerequisites of successful decentralization
Conclusion
6 Political Pluralism
Pluralism and civil society
Aid to pluralism
Pluralism and development
Pluralist democracy
Political parties
Party systems and pluralism
Sustainable political parties
Organized interests
Freedom of association and the poor
Conclusion
7 Participation
Donors’ views on participation
Participation and development
Supporting participation
Forms of participation
Participation and the effectiveness of development projects
Empowerment
Conclusion
8 Eradicating Corruption
Introduction: the cost of corruption
Agency views on corruption
Donor assistance
Corruption and development
Beneficial corruption?
Explaining corruption
Anti-corruption strategies
Obstacles to reform
Conclusion
9 Transparent and Accountable Public Administration
‘Horizontal’ accountability
Aiding accountability
Administrative accountability and development
Factors affecting accountability
Mechanisms of accountability
Conclusion
10 Efficient Public Management
Introduction
Public management and development
Supporting better public management
Policy-making capacity in government
Efficient service delivery mechanisms
Reforming public servants
Conclusion
11 Economic Reform and Poverty Alleviation
Introduction
National economic planning
New policy directions
Consequences of economic liberalism
Poverty alleviation
Assessment of poverty-reduction efforts
Conclusion
12 Conclusion
Democracy and development
The enforcement of conditionality
New imperialism
Making conditionality work
Bibliography

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