Three paradigms of governance and administration: Chinese, Western and Islamic

This essay argues that there are (at least) three paradigms of governance and especially public administration: Chinese, Western, and Islamic – paradigms understood here as potentiality and theory rather than reality and practice as observed today. It then discusses classical Chinese, i.e. Confucian...

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Published in:Society and economy 2013-09, Vol.35 (3), p.319-342
Main Author: Drechsler, Wolfgang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Confucianism
Economic development
Economic policy
Globalization
Governance
Modernization
Paradigms
Public Administration
Social sciences
Society
Supranational / Global Economy
Westernization
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Summary:This essay argues that there are (at least) three paradigms of governance and especially public administration: Chinese, Western, and Islamic – paradigms understood here as potentiality and theory rather than reality and practice as observed today. It then discusses classical Chinese, i.e. Confucian, and Islamic, specifically Ottoman, public administration, from this perspective. The guiding question is whether we arrive more easily at good public administration if we realize that there are different contexts and thus, potentially at least, different ways thither, as well as legitimately different goals.
ISSN:1588-9726
1588-970X
DOI:10.1556/SocEc.35.2013.3.3