Contesting 'Good' Governance: Crosscultural Perspectives on Representation, Accountability and Public Space

Contesting 'Good' Governance: Crosscultural Perspectives on Representation, Accountability and Public Space
ISBN-10
1136125388
ISBN-13
9781136125386
Category
Political Science
Pages
285
Language
English
Published
2012-10-12
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Mona Rosendahl, Eva Poluha

Description

Research in localities in India, Cuba, Ethiopia, Taiwan and Lebanon is used to develop a broader understanding of global political phenomena such as democracy, representation and accountability. To contextualise aspects of 'good' governance the articles in the volume deal with people's perceptions of and interactions with the state; how they interpret government laws and regulations; how they interact with officials and how they comment on acts and speeches made by local bureaucrats and national power holders. Through a discussion of the much debated distinction between private and public, the articles show how the notions of public and private are interconnected in many ways, how they are contested and reformulated by people based on their experiences, and how they can be used as a tool in questioning dominant ideas and ways of executing 'good' governance.

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