Governance Reform under Real-World Conditions : Citizens, Stakeholders, and Voice
, by Odugbemi, Sina; Jacobson, Thomas
- ISBN: 9780821374566 | 0821374567
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/15/2008
Although necessary and often first rate, technocratic solutions alone have been ineffective in delivering real change or lasting results in governance reforms. This is primarily because reform programs are delivered not in controlled environments, but under complex, diverse, sociopolitical and economic conditions. Real-world conditions.
| About the Editors and Authors | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Abbreviations | p. xix |
| Governance Reform under Real-World Conditions | p. 1 |
| Using Political Analysis to Guide Communication Strategies | p. 13 |
| Public Opinion, the Public Sphere, and Quality of Governance: An Exploration | p. 15 |
| Citizen Voice and the Public Sphere: Scoping Communication Challenges | p. 39 |
| Dialogues as Communication Strategy in Governance Reform | p. 65 |
| The Political Economy of Reform: Role of the Internal "Journalist" | p. 75 |
| Securing Political Will | p. 93 |
| Creating Space for Effective Political Engagement in Development | p. 95 |
| Using Public Will to Secure Political Will | p. 113 |
| Organizing a Deliberative Participatory Process: What Does the Science Say? | p. 125 |
| Gaining the Support of Public Sector Middle Managers | p. 161 |
| Governance, Stakeholder Involvement, and New Communication Models | p. 163 |
| Public Sector Middle Managers: The Critical Link to Driving Public Sector Reforms | p. 181 |
| Working Appreciatively to Foster Cultures of Public Service | p. 195 |
| Building Broad Coalitions of Pro-Change Influentials | p. 207 |
| Participation as Dialogue, Debate, and Negotiation: Entangled Promises and Practices | p. 209 |
| A Consensus-Based, Stakeholder-Driven, and Decentralized Approach to Building Broad Coalitions for Water Sector Reforms | p. 219 |
| Building Pro-Change Multisectoral Coalitions to Overcome the Resistance of Powerful Vested Interests | p. 233 |
| Transforming Indifferent or Hostile Public Opinion | p. 249 |
| Journalistic Framing and Media Relations for Marginalized Groups | p. 251 |
| Transforming Adverse Public Opinion into Support for Reforms | p. 265 |
| Six Big Ideas: ICT as a Vital Tool for Reform | p. 271 |
| Instigating Citizen Demand for Good Governance | p. 275 |
| Consulting the Public-Thoughtfully | p. 277 |
| The Power of Organized Citizens: Fighting for Public Integrity | p. 287 |
| Cultivating Deliberative Development: Public Deliberation as a Means of Improving Local, State, and Federal Governance | p. 303 |
| Knowledge for Policy Making: Some Questions and Caveats | p. 317 |
| Case Studies | p. 331 |
| Participation, Transparency, and Consensus Building in Support of Public Sector Reform: The Case of Nicaragua | p. 333 |
| Communication, Coalition Building, and Development: Public Enterprise Reform in West Bengal and Orissa States, India | p. 355 |
| Slovakia: Public Opinion and Reform | p. 391 |
| Building Support for the Rule of Law in Georgia | p. 397 |
| Tax Reform and Communication in Bulgaria: Getting It Right | p. 413 |
| Political Economy of Reforms: Learning from the Delhi Water Sector Experience | p. 419 |
| Mobilizing Middle Managers While Keeping Opponents at Bay: Implementing the Philippine Procurement Law | p. 431 |
| "We Didn't Know People Like Me Could Ask Questions Like This": A Dialogue in Bangladesh | p. 449 |
| Public Consultation through Deliberation in China: The First Chinese Deliberative Poll | p. 461 |
| Appendix | p. 477 |
| Approaches and Techniques | p. 479 |
| Index | p. 503 |
| Boxes | |
| EDSA II, the "Coup d'Text" | p. 241 |
| Communicating Difficult Reforms: Eight Lessons from Slovakia | p. 395 |
| Figures | |
| The National Democratic Public Sphere | p. 30 |
| The Public Sphere as an Intermediary System | p. 45 |
| The Public Sphere: Inputs and Outputs | p. 46 |
| Three Phases of Political Analysis for Generating Communication Challenges | p. 49 |
| Comprehensive View of a Reform Initiative Arising from Political Analyses toward Generating Communication Challenges | p. 60 |
| Dysfunctional States and Societal Demands | p. 71 |
| Dysfunctional States with Dialogic Communication | p. 72 |
| Basic Ideas in the "Reform Space" Model | p. 100 |
| A Stylized Presentation of Varying Reform Conditions across Reform Stages | p. 101 |
| What Politicians Can Do to Facilitate Reform Space | p. 105 |
| Effective Political Engagement in Networks, Not Freestanding Individuals | p. 107 |
| Four Perspectives on Public Participation Process | p. 141 |
| Fairness in Perspectives A and B | p. 143 |
| Fairness in Perspectives C and D | p. 144 |
| Competence in Perspectives A and B | p. 146 |
| Competence in Perspectives C and D | p. 146 |
| Integrating Participation with Negotiation | p. 212 |
| Reasons for Water Sector Reforms in Kenya | p. 223 |
| Institutional Conflicts in the Water Sector (Under Cap. 372) | p. 224 |
| Bottlenecks in the Water Sector (Under Water Act Cap. 372) | p. 224 |
| Institutional Setup under the Water Act of 2002 | p. 225 |
| Circle of Cross-Influence | p. 244 |
| Ownership in Building the Virtuous Cycle | p. 245 |
| How Public Deliberation Changes Participants | p. 310 |
| Information, Consultation, and Participation | p. 334 |
| The Consultation and Participation System: An Elaboration of the CONADES Chart | p. 342 |
| Effective Development Communications | p. 378 |
| Time Line 2004-06 | p. 434 |
| Public Awareness of the Procurement Law: A Surprising Statistic? | p. 435 |
| Attitudes toward the Law | p. 436 |
| Support for Provisions of the Procurement Law | p. 436 |
| Attitudes toward Corruption in Government Contracts | p. 437 |
| Willingness to Take Action | p. 438 |
| Procurement Reform in the Philippines: Getting the Law Passed | p. 439 |
| Improved Quality of Discourse: Decrease in the Blame Game-Tracker Survey (Sanglap 1) | p. 452 |
| Political Discussion Programs on Air in Bangladesh, July 2005-October 2007 | p. 455 |
| Tables | |
| Examples of Communication Influence Requirements of Governance Projects | p. 22 |
| Possibilities for Voice and Governance in Monologic and Dialogic Communication | p. 73 |
| Ten Case Studies for Assessing Participants' Views of a Good Communicative Governance Decision-Making Process | p. 134 |
| Q Statements and Their Ranking for Each Perspective | p. 135 |
| Q Statements Related to Fairness | p. 144 |
| Q Statements Related to Competence | p. 147 |
| Q Statements Related to Who Should Participate | p. 148 |
| Q Statements Related to Outreach | p. 148 |
| Q Statements Related to Paying Participants | p. 149 |
| Q Statements Related to Shaping the Agenda | p. 150 |
| Q Statements Related to Listening and Speaking | p. 151 |
| Q Statements Related to Rules for Interaction | p. 152 |
| Q Statements Related to Influencing the Decision | p. 153 |
| Q Statements Related to Knowledge and Information | p. 154 |
| Q Statements Related to the Role of Science and Evidence | p. 155 |
| Strategic and Collaborative Communication | p. 173 |
| Nicaragua Strategic Communication Program Framework | p. 340 |
| Privatization, Stakeholders, and Issues | p. 360 |
| Time Line: Building Stakeholder Support, West Bengal | p. 369 |
| Communication Tools for Stakeholders | p. 387 |
| Concerns of Reform Opponents | p. 422 |
| Stakeholder Mapping: Who Wins, Who Loses | p. 425 |
| Stages of Behavior Change and Levels of Participation and Communication | p. 444 |
| Demographics of Sample | p. 466 |
| Policy Changes | p. 467 |
| Information Gains | p. 468 |
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