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Record Nr.

UNINA9910674500503321

Titolo

The Political Economy of Good Governance / / Sisay Asefa, Wei-Chiao Huang, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kalamazoo, Michigan : , : W.E. Upjohn Institute Employment Research, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-88099-498-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Disciplina

658.3125

Soggetti

Performance - Measurement

Government accountability

Economic policy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Series cosponsored by W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

"Based on presentations made at the forty-ninth annual Werner Sichel Economics Lecture Series, hosted by the Department of Economics during the 2012-2013 academic year on the campus of Western Michigan University"--page vii.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Sisay Asefa and Wei-Chiao Huang -- The role of performance management in good governance / Carolyn J. Heinrich -- Political parties, democracy, and "good governance" / John Ishiyama -- Good governance in transition economies : a comparative analysis / Susan J. Linz -- Governance challenges in education and health care in developing countries / Seema Jayachandran -- Governance problems and priorities for local climate adaptation and poverty alleviation / Stephen C. Smith -- The challenges of good governance and leadership in developing countries : cases from Africa and China / Sisay Asefa and Wei-Chiao Huang.

Sommario/riassunto

A notable group of social scientists explore the political economy of good governance and how it relates to performance management, the influence of political parties, education and health issues in developing countries, the economic performance of transition economies, and the



effects of climate on poverty.