Failed States and the Lack of Good Governance: A Causal Explanation

2013 ◽  
pp. 73-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haroon A. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Causal Explanation ◽  
Failed States

Forum: Interrogating the use of norms in international relations: postcolonial perspectives

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Epstein ◽  
Ayse Zarakol ◽  
Julia Gallagher ◽  
Robbie Shilliam ◽  
Vivienne Jabri
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Causal Explanation ◽  
Object Relations Theory ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Norm Diffusion ◽  
Homi Bhabha ◽  
The World ◽  
Interpretive Communities ◽  
Situated Perspective

In this forum five scholars bring their particular postcolonial perspectives to bear upon the constructivist concept of norms. Charlotte Epstein introduces the forum by considering what it means to theorise international politics from a postcolonial perspective, understood not as a unified body of thought or a new ‘ism’ for IR, but as a ‘situated perspective’; and how this casts a different light upon the makings of international orders and key epistemological schemes with which these have been studied in International Relations (IR), such as norms. In her contribution Ayze Zarakol argues that the constructivist paradigm of ‘norm diffusion’ commits two fallacies: first, it mishandles the causal explanation because it conflates internalisation, socialisation and compliance. Second it reproduces existing international social hierarchies by treating (bad) non-compliance by non-Western actors as endogenously driven, and (good) compliance as the result of external Western stimuli. She uses Erving Goffman’s concept of stigmatisation to show how our understanding of norm diffusion in the international order – or lack thereof – can be improved. Julia Gallagher’s article examines the norm of good governance as acted out by the World Bank in its policies towards African countries. She uses psychoanalytic object relations theory to show how the Bank employs good governance to structure the world into good and bad objects, thereby overcoming internal ambiguity and creating an idealised self-image. Robbie Shlliam’s contribution challenges constructivism to attend to calls for epistemic justice regarding the delineation of interpretive communities to the ostensibly “moderns”. He does so by explicating the understandings of slavery provided by knowledge traditions inhabited by descendants of enslaved Africans. Vivienne Jabri’s article mobilises Homi Bhabha and Frantz Fanon in a critical engagement with constructivist readings of postcolonial agency in the normative ordering of the international. She argues that a postcolonial reading of the international must account for both the discursive and material presence of the postcolonial subject, a presence at once both constituted and constituting of the international.

Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood

2018 ◽  
pp. 2-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja A. Börzel ◽  
Thomas Risse ◽  
Anke Draude
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Failed States ◽  
Central State ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Enormous Variation ◽  
The Law

This chapter serves to introduce the central concepts of the handbook, to briefly delineate its contributions to the state of the art, and to lay out the rationale behind its various sections. We begin by discussing the central concepts of the handbook, ‘limited statehood’ and ‘governance’. We argue that ‘areas of limited statehood’ where central state authorities lack the capacity to uphold the monopoly over the means of violence and/or to enforce the law, can be found everywhere and are not confined to what the literature erroneously calls ‘fragile’ or ‘failed’ states. However, areas of limited statehood are neither ungovernable nor ungoverned. Instead, we find an enormous variation that includes badly governed places but also ‘good governance’ in areas of limited statehood. If institutions are flexible enough to adapt to local conditions, effective and legitimate governance is likely to emerge where people trust each other and accept their ‘governors’.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing the ‘Failed State’: The Construction of the Failed State Discourse

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Thiessen
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
The State ◽  
Western World ◽  
Failed States ◽  
Failed State ◽  
Global Security ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Effective Policy

The concept of the ‘failed state’ emerged in the 1990s to describe and explain why states residing outside the Western world do not function as advanced states. The failed state narrative has inherent conceptual limitations and is based on flawed assumptions that obscure its utility. These so-­‐called failed states are held against a Western-­‐centric norm and a universalized spectrum of state development. The concept is now widely used in the context of global security, peacekeeping, poverty reduction, humanitarian assistance and good governance. The application of the narrative within the realm of policy means Western actors use the concept to promote their own security and development interests. This translates into an inability to formulate effective policy responses to society-­‐wide challenges. This essay examines the failed state narrative by exploring how the state is theorized in the context of failed states, and how the narrative is plagued with neocolonial underpinnings, definitional ambiguity, western centrism and analytical reductionism. 

The Ideology of Failed States

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan L. Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Failed States

Promote Good Governance in Public Financial: The Practice of Local Budget (APBD) Transparency Through Open Data Jakarta in Jakarta Provincial Government

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dodi Faedlulloh ◽  
Fetty Wiyani
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Financial Governance ◽  
One Stop ◽  
Data Portal ◽  
Data Transparency ◽  
Local Budget

This paper aimed to explain public financial governance based on good governance implementation in Jakarta Provincial Government. This paper specifically discussed towards transparancy implementation of local budget (APBD) through open data portal that publishes budget data to public. In general, financial transparency through open data has met Transparency 2.0 standards, namely the existence of encompassing, one-stop, one-click budget accountability and accessibility. But there are indeed some shortcomings that are still a concern in order to continue to maintain commitment to the principle of transparency, namely by updating data through consistent data visualization.Transparency of public finance needs to continue to be developed and improved through various innovations to maintain public trust in the government.Keywords: Public Finance, Open Data, Transparency

Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi good governance di Kelurahan Depok Sleman Yogyakarta

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurnia Ningsih
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Technology Training ◽  
Simple Linear Regression ◽  
Business World ◽  
Managerial Values ◽  
Financial Governance ◽  
The Government ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods ◽  
Positive Effect

One important principles of good governance in public services is public participation. since good governance is a conception of a clean, democratic, and effective governmental administration, it regulate a synergistic and constructive relationship between the government, private business world and society. This research combines both quantitative and qualitative methods as mixed methods. Based on simple linear regression analysis results, it is found that technological training, participation in law and government, financial governance and assets and development of managerial values have a significant positive effect on implementation of good governance. The advice in this research is the application of technology training should be done effectively, with technological training to the employees themselves, especially in the use of computerization and internet in order to achieve tujuan that want to be achieved by trade and industry service.Keywords:good governance, technology training, participation in law and government

Tata kelola internal dan eksternal untuk mengatasi permasalahan pangan di Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Hendriyantore
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
National Level ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Agricultural Cooperative ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Good Access ◽  
Descriptive Method

The effort to put good governance in development in Indonesia is basically not new. Since the Reformation, the transformation of closed government into an open government (inclusive) has begun to be pursued. Highlighting the conflicts in the land sector that tend to strengthen lately, there are some issues that have intensified conflicts in the field, such as the lack of guaranteed land rights in various legal and policy products. In this paper, a descriptive method is considered important in identifying the applicable issue and methodological framework for addressing governance issues in Indonesia. To reduce such agrarian conflicts between farmers and the government, and as an effort to increase farmers' income, all farmers are incorporated into agricultural cooperatives. Agricultural cooperatives are structured down to the National Level. Thus, farmers participate in good access to the marketing of agricultural produce.Keywords:good governance, agrarian conflict, agricultural cooperative

Charismatic Movements, State Relations and Public Governance in Sierra Leone

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-256
Author(s):  
Joseph Bosco Bangura
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Church Development ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
State Relations ◽  
New Church Development ◽  
The Church

Sierra Leone has seen the rise of Charismatic movements that are bringing about greater levels of co-operation with the state. This new church development aims at renewing the Christian faith and projecting a more proactive role towards public governance. This ecclesial development shows that African Pentecostal/Charismatic theology appears to be moving away from the perceived isolationist theology that once separated the church from involvement with the rest of society. By reapplying the movement's eschatological beliefs, Charismatics are presenting themselves as moral crusaders who regard it as their responsibility to transform public governance. The article probes this relationship so that the Charismatic understanding of poverty, prosperity, good governance and socio-economic development in Sierra Leone can be more clearly established.

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