scholarly journals Svallfors, Stefan (2020). Politics for Hire. The World and Work of Policy Professionals. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 80037 518 5. 160 pp.

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2-2021) ◽  
pp. 505-507
Author(s):  
Ellen Fobé
Keyword(s):  
Public Governance ◽  
The World ◽  
Edward Elgar

Ellen Fobé vom Public-Governance-Institut der Katholischen Universität Leuven in Belgien diskutiert in dieser Rezension den Beitrag von Stefan Svallfors Buch mit dem Titel “Politics for Hire. The world and work of policy professionals”. Die Rezensentin erklärt, wie es Svallfors gelingt, die faszinierende, aber oft unsichtbare Welt der politischen Berater*innen zu enträtseln. Svallfors identifiziert Merkmale, die diese Akteur*innen länderübergreifend miteinander verbinden. Er untersucht die beruflichen Aktivitäten dieser vielfältigen Gruppe und erforscht auch ihre persönlichen Bestrebungen und Ansichten über Politik und Demokratie. So bietet er seinen Leser*innen einen Einblick in die Blackbox der Politikprofis. Seine umfassende Analyse führt Svallfors zu dem Schluss, dass Politikberater*innen die repräsentative Demokratie sowohl untergraben als auch beleben. Seine Argumentation ist fundiert, weil sie auf einer wirklich vergleichenden Perspektive beruht. Das ist bisher nur wenigen Arbeiten auf diesem Gebiet gelungen.

scholarly journals Good Governance with Chinese characteristics: A perspective of China's Socialist Model

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Hans Nibshan Seesaghur
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Chinese Characteristics ◽  
The World ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
International Standing ◽  
Political Economic

Since the 1990s, scholars around the world have focused on the complexities of governance reforms. The vicissitudes of the 21st century witnessed global waves for public administration reforms. China, a fast developing socialist country, has been building a strong, robust and modern public governance system. The Socialist Governance of China with Chinese characteristics brought considerable changes in the political, economic and social spheres, transforming the lives of people for betterment. By bringing about economic development through state intervention, introducing rule of law upholding the significance of its people, fostering new ideas, and ushering the ideology of nationalism through “China Dream”, President Xi Jinping and his socialist governance policies have created an excellent example in the world, particularly the capitalist society, demonstrating how society can be developed through socialist ways. Yet, the dynamics of Chinese governance has always been part science and part mystery to other governments that have earned legitimacy through elections, while China’s leaders earned its legitimacy through selection of the most able and their performance in delivering sustained improvements in the quality of life of the Chinese citizens and China's international standing. This paper deals with assessing the relevance of China’s Socialist governance evolution into a science of managing public affairs and the pursuit to optimizing its impact on the state’s economic, political and social spheres.

scholarly journals The Third Sector in Public Governance in Nigeria: Concept, Identity and Prospects

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Abubakar Ali ◽  
Sabarani B. Ghazali
Keyword(s):  
Third Sector ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
The Third ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
Effective Service

The world is suffused with self-organised groups asserting themselves in the policymaking corridors of governments and private-for-profits in order to jointly address stubborn societal challenges characterised as wicked problems. These self-organised bodies, labelled the third sector, operate in the advanced, developing, as well as less developed countries. This paper reviews the contemporary background of the third sector, its conceptual basis, its identity crisis and prospects for future development in the context of public governance in Nigeria. It does so premised on an orientation towards new governance tradition and heuristics. It argues that a better understanding of the concept, and governance role of the sector, by government policymakers, private-for-profits, and third sector actors themselves, will strengthen home grown cross-boundary collaboration for a more effective service delivery across the country.

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