Governance at Crossroads: Insights from Bangladesh, strives to bridge the gap between assumptions... more Governance at Crossroads: Insights from Bangladesh, strives to bridge the gap between assumptions of western theories and shortcomings of local practices. The various chapters of this book scrutinise governance reforms, administrative changes, theoretical debates, political trends, and related issues in Bangladesh such as poverty alleviation, decentratlization, participation, sustainability, urbanisation, migration, rural development etc. The different writers in this book try to identify major challenges and find future prospects for the good governance agenda in the context of ground realities of Bangladesh.
Governance at Crossroads: Insights from Bangladesh, strives to bridge the gap between assumptions... more Governance at Crossroads: Insights from Bangladesh, strives to bridge the gap between assumptions of western theories and shortcomings of local practices. The various chapters of this book scrutinise governance reforms, administrative changes, theoretical debates, political trends, and related issues in Bangladesh such as poverty alleviation, decentratlization, participation, sustainability, urbanisation, migration, rural development etc. The different writers in this book try to identify major challenges and find future prospects for the good governance agenda in the context of ground realities of Bangladesh.
Public administration, as a field of study, has gone through a number of theoretical and practica... more Public administration, as a field of study, has gone through a number of theoretical and practical challenges since its birth. And each time, these challenges have generated new questions and forced the field to search for its identity. Public administration has tried to be more democratic, more responsive and accountable, and in recent years, through focusing more on embracing private sector principles and methods, is trying to adopt a governance-oriented performance-based accountability system. This chapter acknowledges these trends and related challenges but draws attention to one specific issue, that is, a change in approach and new challenges that have not only contributed to the scientific advancement of the field but have also raised a number of “miss-questions” which have plagued public administration. These miss-questions have actually refused to die. This chapter focuses on one of these miss-questions, that is, the issue of specialists versus generalists, and makes an effo...
Susrrli17nble development trs tr global policy disco~rrse becnme cluite prominent clt~ring the la... more Susrrli17nble development trs tr global policy disco~rrse becnme cluite prominent clt~ring the last two decades of'the 20th centu~y Though most people eyzrate sustc~irzt~ble cievelopmenr with environmental concerns, it is in jbct multi-rIirnensiontr1 nnti one of' the core ideas of' the concept is pcrrticipatory governance. Suc17 ideas originating in developed ~zations have made inroaris into polic), arenas of' developing cotlntries. As a result, tlze policy menas of' these countries hhave witnessed pwticipatory prnctices in implementation as well as ,fornzulation ofpolices. Bangladesh has also been subjected ro stlch changes and under. the influence of'pni?icipntory characteristics of'sust~~inable development knvr rpspo17ried to its environme~~tal degradation a17ti embarked on n number of' policy i17itiatives to ji~ce environrnental challenges. Those initiatives hhne incorporc~tetl participatory practices and involvement of both state and non-state actors. Thus, prevailil~g globnl policy regimes have influenced local envi1.017nzental policy initiatives iin Bangladesh.
Governance at Crossroads: Insights from Bangladesh, strives to bridge the gap between assumptions... more Governance at Crossroads: Insights from Bangladesh, strives to bridge the gap between assumptions of western theories and shortcomings of local practices. The various chapters of this book scrutinise governance reforms, administrative changes, theoretical debates, political trends, and related issues in Bangladesh such as poverty alleviation, decentratlization, participation, sustainability, urbanisation, migration, rural development etc. The different writers in this book try to identify major challenges and find future prospects for the good governance agenda in the context of ground realities of Bangladesh.
Governance at Crossroads: Insights from Bangladesh, strives to bridge the gap between assumptions... more Governance at Crossroads: Insights from Bangladesh, strives to bridge the gap between assumptions of western theories and shortcomings of local practices. The various chapters of this book scrutinise governance reforms, administrative changes, theoretical debates, political trends, and related issues in Bangladesh such as poverty alleviation, decentratlization, participation, sustainability, urbanisation, migration, rural development etc. The different writers in this book try to identify major challenges and find future prospects for the good governance agenda in the context of ground realities of Bangladesh.
Public administration, as a field of study, has gone through a number of theoretical and practica... more Public administration, as a field of study, has gone through a number of theoretical and practical challenges since its birth. And each time, these challenges have generated new questions and forced the field to search for its identity. Public administration has tried to be more democratic, more responsive and accountable, and in recent years, through focusing more on embracing private sector principles and methods, is trying to adopt a governance-oriented performance-based accountability system. This chapter acknowledges these trends and related challenges but draws attention to one specific issue, that is, a change in approach and new challenges that have not only contributed to the scientific advancement of the field but have also raised a number of “miss-questions” which have plagued public administration. These miss-questions have actually refused to die. This chapter focuses on one of these miss-questions, that is, the issue of specialists versus generalists, and makes an effo...
Susrrli17nble development trs tr global policy disco~rrse becnme cluite prominent clt~ring the la... more Susrrli17nble development trs tr global policy disco~rrse becnme cluite prominent clt~ring the last two decades of'the 20th centu~y Though most people eyzrate sustc~irzt~ble cievelopmenr with environmental concerns, it is in jbct multi-rIirnensiontr1 nnti one of' the core ideas of' the concept is pcrrticipatory governance. Suc17 ideas originating in developed ~zations have made inroaris into polic), arenas of' developing cotlntries. As a result, tlze policy menas of' these countries hhave witnessed pwticipatory prnctices in implementation as well as ,fornzulation ofpolices. Bangladesh has also been subjected ro stlch changes and under. the influence of'pni?icipntory characteristics of'sust~~inable development knvr rpspo17ried to its environme~~tal degradation a17ti embarked on n number of' policy i17itiatives to ji~ce environrnental challenges. Those initiatives hhne incorporc~tetl participatory practices and involvement of both state and non-state actors. Thus, prevailil~g globnl policy regimes have influenced local envi1.017nzental policy initiatives iin Bangladesh.
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