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Democracy & Good Governance (In the Asian Context)

Democracy & Good Governance (In the Asian Context). Bruce Gilley Associate Professor of Political Science Director of Ph.D. Program in Public Affairs & Policy Mark O. Hatfield School of Government Portland State University. Outline.

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Democracy & Good Governance (In the Asian Context)

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  1. Democracy & Good Governance(In the Asian Context) Bruce Gilley Associate Professor of Political Science Director of Ph.D. Program in Public Affairs & Policy Mark O. Hatfield School of Government Portland State University

  2. Outline • What is the relationship between democracy and good governance? • Is this relationship different in Asia? • How can public leaders maximize the advantages and avoid the pitfalls?

  3. Good Governance • Key relationship: Government → Public Value • Key principle: legitimate and effective public policy • Spheres: public policy (economic, environmental, social, political, international) • Tools: technology, institutional capacity, public leadership, social support, accountability mechanisms

  4. Democracy • Key relationship: Citizens → Government • Key principle: popular control as political equals • Spheres: regime rules, office-holders, public policy • Tools: technology, institutional capacity, impartial institutions, elections, rights and freedoms, rule of law, development

  5. Common tools Support Support

  6. Governance ↔Democracy • Shared tools: technology, institutional capacity • Good Governance supports Democracy (impartial institutions, elections, rights and freedoms, rule of law, development) • Democracy supports Good Governance (public leadership, social support, accountability mechanisms)

  7. Is Asia Different? • Relationship different (Lee hypothesis? Thompson Hypothesis?) • Sequencing different (Development StateModel)?

  8. Is Asia Different?

  9. Is Asia Different?

  10. Maximizing Benefits/ Avoiding Pitfalls • Middle income traps • Latin Americanization • Mutually supportive reforms • State-led democratization (public value focus) • Society-led governance (contentious politics)

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