Sprawne państwo – różnorodność znaczeń w różnych krajach
Good government means diff erent things in diff erent countries
Author(s): Matt AndrewsSubject(s): Economy
Published by: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie we współpracy z Wydawnictwem Naukowym Scholar
Keywords: public finance management; good governance; effective government; differentiation
Summary/Abstract: Work on good governance implies a one-best-way model of eff ective government. Th is has isomorphic infl uences on development, whereby governments are infl uenced to adopt a one-size-fi ts-all approach to get things done. This article challenges whether such an approach exists, proposing that models actually do not hold even for the so-called eff ective governments. Governments look diff erent, even if they are similarly called models of good government. Th is proposition is examined through a study of public fi nancial management practices in a set of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and non-OECD countries. The study shows that eff ective governments are not more likely to exhibit better practice characteristics implied in one-best-way models. Good public fi nancial management means diff erent things in diff erent countries. Th e article concludes by suggesting that good governance models give way to menus and the development community invest more time in examining why diff erent countries select diff erent menu items.
Journal: Zarządzanie Publiczne
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 23
- Page Range: 85-113
- Page Count: 29
- Language: Polish