Good Governance

This book explores how good governance has become the third dominant concept in the modern state. It examines the concept and how it relates to the rule of law and democracy, and breaks it down into six categories: transparency, participation, effectiveness, accountability, human rights protections, and propriety.

This book explores the creation, development, and impact of the concept of 'good governance'. It argues that, alongside the ideas of the rule of law and democracy, good governance acts as a third conceptual cornerstone of the modern state. Good governance can be viewed as a multilevel concept influenced by regional and international legal developments while being grounded in national administrative law. The book presents six principles of good governance: properness, transparency, participation, effectiveness, accountability, and human rights. The development of each of these principles on the national level is explored in a wide range of European contexts, and in Australia, Canada, and South Africa. As well as offering a fully up-to-date and comprehensive overview of administrative law in different jurisdictions, the book compares the implementation of the principles of good governance, taking into account international and European administrative law developments.

Auteur
Henk Addink is a Professor of Law, Economics and Governance at the Utrecht University School of Law and the Institute of Constitutional, Administrative Law and Legal Theory at the University of Utrecht.

Contenu

• Part I: Developing the Concept of Good Governance

• 1: Good Governance: an Introduction

• 2: An Overview of Good Governance

• 3: Good Governance on Multiple Levels

• 4: Principles of Good Governance: The Theoretical Perspective

• 5: The Rule of Law and Good Governance

• 6: Democracy and Good Governance

• Part II: Good Governance: Specification by Principles

• 7: The Principle of Properness

• 8: The Principle of Transparency

• 9: The Principle of Participation

• 10: The Principle of Effectiveness

• 11: The Principle of Accountability

• 12: The Principle of Human Rights

• Part III: Implementation of the Principles of Good Governance on the National, EU, and International Level

• 13: Implementation of The Principles Of Good Governance On The National Level: General Discussion

• 14: Implementation of the Principles of Good Governance on the National Level in the EU

• 15: Implementation of the Principles of Good Governance on the National Level Outside the EU

• 16: Implementation of the Good Governance Principles on the European Level

• 17: Implementation of the Good Governance Principles on the International Level

• 18: Conclusions-Good Governance: Concept and Context