The Capacity to Govern: A Report to the Club of Rome - Hardcover

Dror, Yehezkel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714652288 ISBN 13: 9780714652283

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

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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Adrian AROR

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714652288
• ISBN 13: 9780714652283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280