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Good government as a concept is taking root in the imaginations, discourses, and policies of world aid agencies. This has taken place in the period characterised by the crumbling polarities in the world political system as a consequence of the fall of the Soviet Union and the regimes of Eastern Europe. However, the idea seems, as yet, tentative and at times even confused. Democracy seems a key element in good government for example, but we are as yet unclear whether it is a precondition for good government, or whether good government is a consequence of democratic pluralism (Burnell, 1994). An engagement with democracy is incomplete without examining levels and forms of participation in politics, as well as the translation of participatory movements into institutions, organizations and practices of governance. In this context, accountability and consent are essential elements of good and therefore legitimate government (Fierlbeck, 1995).
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Rai, S.M., Matear, A. (1997). Women, representation and good government: Perspectives on India and Chile. In: Faundez, J. (eds) Good Government and Law. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25229-9_11
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