Subversive institutions, informal governance, and contemporary Russian politics

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 295-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Gel’man
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
State Building ◽  
Special Interests ◽  
Informal Governance ◽  
Modern Democracy ◽  
Communist State ◽  
Growing Pains ◽  
Russian Politics

The article presents an analysis of “informal institutionalization” in post-Communist Russia in theoretical and comparative perspective. It is devoted to critical analysis of existing explanations of the dominance of subversive institutions – that is, those rules, norms, and practices that at first sight partly resemble institutions of modern democracy, good governance and rule of law, but in fact inhibit them. While “pessimists” focus on cultural and historical embeddedness of subversive institutions in Russia, “optimists” draw their attention to patterns of post-Communist state-building, and “realists” point out the major role of special interests groups in turning growing pains of informal governance in Russia into its chronic deceases.

scholarly journals The Role of Specialized Civil Society in Challenge Corruption with Glance to I.R.I

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
AmirNezam Barati ◽  
Ali Babayee Mehr ◽  
Mohsen Sharifi
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The Law ◽  
In Transit ◽  
And Control ◽  
Civil Societies

Combating against corruption is one of the most important factors for establishing Good Governance. Corruption is a social, political and economic phenomenon that defect the democratic institutions and stop establishing good governance. This study using analytical – descriptive, analyses the role of civil society in combat corruption with glance to I.R.IFindings of this study show that the role of special civil societies has remarkable efficiency and effectiveness in combat corruption. In challenging corruption different actor such as government, private sector and specialized civil society have function, but the role of civil societies is more effective than others.In relating to the I.R.I actions against corruption, the country enacted different laws such as the law of access to information, the Law of United Nations Convention against Corruption and this process will send a clear message that the country is determined to prevent and control corruption. In pathology of corruption in I.R of Iran the concentration on fighting against corruption, is concentrated on "The Staff of Combat against Economic Corruption" and civil society don’t have effective or remarkable role to fight against this abnormality and this Staff is most important centers to harmonize the actions against corruption. Finally, the most important causes of corruption in every developing Nations in Transit such as Iran are big government and interference of Government in economy, the weakly embedded rule of law, the ineffective and inefficient of government policy, lack of accountability and institutional transparency.

scholarly journals The role of records management in ensuring good governance in Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 103-123
Author(s):  
Olefhile Mosweu ◽  
Donald Rakemane
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Economic Practices ◽  
African Context

Proper records management is central to the promotion of good governance. Africa is a continent which has generally been riddled with poor governance. Principles of good governance such as accountability, transparency and the rule of law are ascertained with available records. Poor records management practices promote bad economic practices such as corruption and fraud. An assessment of the performance of government can thus be realised through proper records management and access to information. Good records management practices therefore lead to good governance and vice versa; thus, the role of records management in promoting good governance cannot be overemphasised. However, there are some likely impediments that may hinder the promotion of good governance through records management in the African context. This paper explored the role played by records management in ensuring good governance in Africa. It then suggests strategies to promote good governance through proper records management practices. The paper contends that outdated archival laws, backlog of unprocessed records and absence of access to information laws in some African countries are the major impediments to the promotion of good governance. The paper recommends an amendment of outdated laws and the promulgation of access to information legislation as major initiatives, among others, which put records management in the forefront of promoting good governance in the continent.

scholarly journals The idea of democracy as a substantial foundation of the legal order of the modern state

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-15
Author(s):  
Kirill Rakov
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Legal Discourse ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Modern Democracy ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Key Characteristics

The article considers the role of one of the most popular modern political and legal ideas-the idea of democracy in the formation of the rule of law of the modern state. Exploring the genesis of ideas about democracy, the author attempts to determine its meaning and place in the system of ideas that determine the modern political and legal discourse. The author, within the framework of the concept of formal and substantive foundations of the rule of law, defines the idea of democracy as an important substantive foundation of the rule of law of the modern state, describes the key characteristics of modern democracy.

scholarly journals Prisons and State Building: Promoting ‘The Fiasco of the Prison’ in a Global Context

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah H Drake
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
State Building ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Strong State ◽  
Western Democracy ◽  
The World ◽  
Democratic Ideals

Prison expansionism around the world is, in part, facilitated by extolling the prison as a symbol of ‘Western-democracy’ which is justified as an effective and transparent means of enforcing the rule of law and as an internationally recognised indicator of a strong state. This article, however, argues that the realities of prisons do not match up with their symbolic and extolled virtues. Drawing on existing empirical and theoretical literature, this article argues that the role of the prison as a symbol of effective ‘state-building’ ignores the irrefutable evidence of the ‘fiasco’ of the prison, either to fulfil its own stated purposes or to operate in ways that adhere to or strengthen democratic ideals. Further, it suggests that international bodies, non-government organisations, state officials and scholars must engage more honestly with the ‘truth about prisons’ and their failure to function in the ways they are imagined to.

The Mediating Role of Citizens’ Satisfaction on the Relationship between Good Governance Practices and Public Trust in Ethiopian Local Government

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-106
Author(s):  
Taye Demissie Beshi ◽  
Ranvinderjit Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
The Relationship

This study is intended to examine the mediating role of citizens’ overall satisfaction on the relationship between good governance practices and public trust in Ethiopian local government. It is based on quantitative research; data was obtained by distributing a survey questionnaire for 440 respondents. The usable questionnaires response rate was 81 percent (n = 357). The study was informed by the institutional theory of trust. The data was then analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (sem). The study findings indicated that citizens’ overall satisfaction had a full mediating role on the relationship between perceived transparency and public trust in local government. However, citizens’ overall satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between perceived accountability, perceived responsiveness, perceived public participation, and public trust in local government. It was further noted that citizens’ overall satisfactions have had no mediating role on the relationship between perceived rule of law and public trust in local government. This meant that the perceived rule of law has a direct relation with public trust in local government.

scholarly journals THE COMMONWEALTH PRINCIPLES (LATIMER HOUSE) ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT: TWENTY YEARS ON

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-119
Author(s):  
Peter Slinn ◽  
Karen Brewer
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Twentieth Anniversary ◽  
Specific Implementation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Heads Of Government

2018 marks the twentieth anniversary of the Latimer House ‘process’ which commenced with the drafting of the Latimer House Guidelines for the Commonwealth on Good Practice Governing Relations between the Executive, Parliament and the Judiciary. Since then the Latimer House Guidelines have been transformed into the Commonwealth Principles (Latimer House) on the Relationship between the Three Branches of Government which have been endorsed by Commonwealth Heads of Government on several occasions. This article assesses the role of the Latimer House process over the last two decades against the background of the Commonwealth’s evolving commitments to good governance and the rule of law. In Part 1 explores the role of the Commonwealth in supporting good governance and the rule of law whilst Part 2 considers and evaluates the Latimer House process itself. Part 3 reviews the development of the Commonwealth Principles in practice whilst in Part 4 some specific implementation issues concerning the Judiciary are discussed. Part 5 considers the future development of the Commonwealth Principles whilst Part 6 provides a conclusion and overview.

scholarly journals Access to remedy in transnational development projects: the need for effective and comprehensive remedy ecosystems

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-144
Author(s):  
Martijn Scheltema
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
General Stability ◽  
Democratic Systems

It is observed in the Introduction of this special issue that the rule of law has been an integral part of the development of democratic systems of government in national states and features powerfully within contemporary ‘good-governance’ promotion in the Global South by development financial institutions (DFIs). However, the rule of law is predominantly used to emphasise the importance of stability of contract and protection of property in connection with transnational development projects (TDPs) and does not so much focus on the general stability of (e.g. indigenous) rights, access to justice and fairness. Thus, it is important to deviate from a narrow interpretation of the rule of law and include the role of all types of actors in safeguarding this rule of law.

The Role of Compliance in the Rule of Law, Good Governance, and Sustainable Development

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 376-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Higdon ◽  
Durwood Zaelke
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Environment Policy ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
European Union Legislation

AbstractLinks among compliance, rule of law, and good governance are essential and indivisible, although not sufficient alone to achieve sustainable development. Compliance with environmental and sustainable development requirements can be improved by understand ing and applying the two main theoretical approaches: logic of consequences, and logic of appropriateness. Compliance can be improved more by combining the two approaches. Further work to disaggregate both the State and the firm, and to understand the role of biases, heuristics, and framing in actor's compliance calculations, remains to be done and promises important insights. Environment policy is one of the success stories of the European Union - thanks to European Union legislation we have made significant improvements such as cleaner air and safer drinking water. But we still face some real problems.' Margot Wallstrbm, former EU Commissioner for the Environment

scholarly journals The grabbed state: lawyers, politics and public land in Kenya

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ambreena Manji
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Public Land ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Land Grab ◽  
International Development Aid

ABSTRACTIn 2002, Kenya's new National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) undertook to investigate and ensure the recovery of all public lands illegally allocated by the outgoing government. A Commission of Inquiry into the Illegal and Irregular Allocation of Public Land, chaired by the lawyer Paul Ndung'u, was appointed. The commission's report sets out the illegal land awards made to powerful individuals and families, provides important information about the mechanisms by which public land was misallocated, and shows how the doctrine that public land should be administered and allocated ‘in the public interest’ was consistently perverted. This paper explores what the Ndung'u report tells us about the role of the legal profession in the illegal and irregular misallocation of public land. It makes clear that the legal profession, far from upholding the rule of law, has played a central role in land corruption, using its professional skills and networks to accumulate personal wealth for itself and others. This stands in contrast to the role of the legal profession in promoting good governance and the rule of law envisaged by donors of international development aid. This paper focuses on ‘local’ land grabbing, and argues that the ‘global land grab’ or ‘investor rush’ needs to be understood alongside local manifestations of land privatisation.

scholarly journals Good Governance and Economic Growth in South European Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Dimitra Mitsi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Institutional Variables ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
Many Sources

Economic growth is a prerequisite for economic development. However, there is no “recipe” for countries to create an environment of prosperity and to achieve high rates of economic growth. Many researchers have examined the drivers of economic growth and find that economic growth depends on many economic and institutional variables. In this context, the main objective of this paper is to examine the role of good governance on economic growth in piicgs countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Greece, and Spain). The database was collected from many sources and the empirical analysis is based on a 2SLS (two-stage least squares) technique. In our empirical results, we find that trade openness, gross capital formation, inflation, political stability, rule of law, debt rule, budget balanced rule, and the combination between debt rule/budget balanced rule with political stability and combination between debt rule/budget balanced rule with rule of law are significant drivers of economic growth in piicgs countries while foreign direct investments, government effectiveness, voice and accountability, regulatory quality, fiscal rule index and expenditure rule are insignificant. However, the results may be different if we use other sample groups and/or different periods.

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