The art of good governance: how images from the past provide inspiration for modern practice

Graaf, Gjalt de; Asperen, H. van

doi:10.1177/0020852316630392

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“…Contributions appearing in two notable scientific journals, Administrative Theory and Praxis and Public Voices , provide another entry point. Some sparse yet relevant papers in mainstream PA journals also contribute (see De Graaf and Van Asperen, 2018, on the use of images and the art with philosophical contents, notably Aristotle and medieval political philosophy, for advancing the understanding of contemporary PA debates such as the topic of ‘good’ governance).…”

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The teaching of philosophy in public administration programmes

Ongaro

2019

Teaching Public Administration

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Public administration can be considered as an applied, interdisciplinary field, whose study demands the contribution of a range of disciplines, including political science, management, law, sociology and others. The article argues that the disciplines of public administration should also include philosophy, not as a discipline (philosophy is not a discipline in the sense modern sciences are; rather, at the roots of philosophy are key questions: what there is (ontology); who we are (philosophy of the mind); how to live well (ethics); how to live well together (political philosophy) and so on) but as the foundation of all the other disciplines studying public administration, from political science (whose roots are in political philosophy), to management and sociology (whose underpinnings are in ontological conceptions of the individual and society), to law (whose roots are in the philosophy of law) and so on. If philosophy is foundational to public administration, then two key questions arise: in researching public administration, what is the contribution of philosophy to advancing our understanding of public administration? And in the teaching of public administration, what is the place of philosophy in the curricula of public administration programmes? The article, after briefly reviewing the philosophical foundations of public administration, aims to discuss the latter question about the contribution of philosophy to educational and training programmes in the field of public administration, and the place of philosophy in public administration education curricula.

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The teaching of philosophy in public administration programmes

Ongaro

2019

Teaching Public Administration

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“…Why such meaningful good governance is so important for the implementation of regional autonomy? This is not other than the actualization of good governance promising clean government which is free of corruption, transparent, accountable, effective, efficient and promoting the public participation and private sector partnerships in developing the regions (Hendriks, 2014;Graaf and Asperen, 2016). Good Governance as a model for good government management which is believed to be a system that can be applied to local governments in achieving successful implementation of regional autonomy.…”

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“…Despite good governance is often referred to various events and situations by various groups, the notion about good governance can be differed from one another (Graaf and Asperen, 2016). There are some people define good governance as the performance of an institution, such as the performance of the government of a country, company or community organizations which meet the specific prerequisites.…”

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The Integration of Good Governance in Effectiveness of Regional Autonomy Implementation

Sobri¹

2017

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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The principle of autonomy is generally intended to accelerate the advancement and bring equal prosperity to all Indonesians in accordance with the needs and capabilities of each region. This advancement and prosperities were a result of determination and the decision-making as the local government authorities, which are considered to be most familiar with the condition of its own local societies and regions. This article discusses the good governance and its role in regional autonomy as well as its correlation with other stakeholder's good governance. What is the role of local government? What is the action that should be taken by local governments to address the new role? And what is the relationship between the local government and other stakeholders' good governance? The policy of decentralization and local autonomy are generally believed to be able to provide positive benefits in the realization of the goal namely improving the well-being and service to the community as well as economic empowerment of the region. Government decentralization is believed to ensure an effective accomplishment of aspirations and the needs of local communities for centralized designs community programs.

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“…Good governance considers in what manner the state conducts public policy, manages public resources and promotes overall prosperity (de Graaf and van Asperen, 2018 ). 4 This chapter connects good governance to the end of scarcity and links equality to abundance.…”

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Abundance and Equality

Kop

2022

Front. Res. Metr. Anal.

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The technology driven post-scarcity society is upon us. Ubiquitous technologies are eradicating scarcity in many industries. These macroscopic system trends are causing our economy to transition from relative scarcity to relative abundance. For many people in the world however, in both developed, developing, and underdeveloped countries, the notion of an Age of Abundance will sound utterly bizarre. There is a tension between abundance and equality. Good governance considers in what manner the state conducts public policy, manages public resources and promotes overall prosperity. This chapter connects good governance to the end of scarcity and integrates equality into abundance. The chapter critically examines the normative justifications of our scarcity based legal institutions, such as property and intellectual property (IP) systems, in light of 10 exponential, Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies, and the post-scarcity economy. Starting point is that absolute and relative abundance are not utopian. Technology will erase scarcity in more and more economic areas in the foreseeable future, but not everywhere or for everybody. The chapter views relative scarcity and relative abundance as temporal socio-economic categories at two opposite sides of a continuum. The chapter unifies good governance with equality and abundance, by introducing a post-Rawlsian Equal Relative Abundance (ERA) principle of distributive justice. This includes defining a set of material and immaterial primary goods, warranting adequate, sufficient levels of relative abundance (which depend on technological evolution), and equitable results per region or group. Crucially, ERA integrates desert-based principles to the degree that some may deserve a higher level of material goods because of inequality in contributions, i.e., their hard work, talent, luck or entrepreneurial spirit, only to the extent that their unequal rewards do also function to improve the position of the least advantaged. A society governed by the ERA principle should in theory be able to solve the poverty trap on a global level. As lifting people from poverty in Europe is a different thing than achieving ERA in the US, applying equal relative abundance techniques in Asia and Africa each have their own specific challenges and dimensions.

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The art of good governance: how images from the past provide inspiration for modern practice

Cited by 9 publications

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The teaching of philosophy in public administration programmes

The teaching of philosophy in public administration programmes

The Integration of Good Governance in Effectiveness of Regional Autonomy Implementation

Abundance and Equality

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