The Capacity to Govern
A Report to the Club of Rome
1st Edition
Published on 23. October 2001
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-7146-5228-3 (ISBN)
Description
The inadequacies of contemporary forms of governance are increasingly recognized: the brain drain from politics, distrust of governments, the danger of mass media and money-dominated elections, and the failure of governments to find good policy options on major issues. Industry, civil society and non-governmental organizations, however important, cannot compensate for government's incapacity to shape the future, which only it is democratically entitled to do. Radical improvements in governance are urgently needed, but salient proposals are scarce. This book diagnoses contemporary governments as obsolete and proposes changes in values, structures, staffing, public understanding and political culture to equip governance for the radically novel challenges of the 21st century. This is the first Report dealing with governance commissioned and approved by the Club of Rome, testifying to the significance of this book.
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'An outstanding, original and sweeping work with a biography of some 800 items and a glossary of essential new concepts.' - Future Survey'Hopefully [it} will awaken many who now slumber... anyone concerned about the future of humanity should read Dror's book.' - InSite Reviews
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
593 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7146-5228-3 (9780714652283)
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Person
Yehezkel Dror is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Wolfson Chair in Public Administration at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a Member of the Club of Rome. He serves as Senior Policy Analysis and Planning Advisor in the Office of the Israeli Minister of Defense and worked as a consultant on behalf of the United Nations and OECD in many countries.
Content
Leitmotif: Redesigning Governance for Guiding Global Transformations; Chapter 1 Mission: Improving Capacities to Govern; Chapter 2 Foundations in Political Philosophy; Part 1 THE PROBLEMATIC; Chapter 3 Unprepared Societies and Obsolete Governance; Chapter 4 Predicaments and Opportunities; Chapter 5 Political Culture Obstacles; Part 2 REDESIGN REQUIREMENTS; Chapter 6 Gearing for Higher-Order Tasks; Chapter 7 A ?EUR?Feature Model?EUR? of High-Quality Governance; Part 3 THE RESOLUTION; Chapter 8 Approaches to Redesign; Chapter 9 Fostering Raison d'Humanite; Chapter 10 Virtues against Vices; Chapter 11 Empowering the People with Public Affairs Enlightenment; Chapter 12 Refashioning Governance Elites; Chapter 13 On Rulership; Chapter 14 Deepening Policy Reflection; Chapter 15 Qualifying in ?EUR?Fuzzy-Gambling?EUR?; Chapter 16 Improving the Central Minds of Government; Chapter 17 Restructuring Governance Architecture; Chapter 18 Governing Private Power; Chapter 19 Making Global Governance More Resolute; Chapter 20 Augmenting Oversight; Chapter 21 Gearing Governance for Crises; Chapter 22 Strengthening the Autonomy of High-Quality Government Finale: Governance Redesign Pending a Quantum Leap References and Further Reading; Index;