Syllabus and Recommended Books of Governance & Public Policies

Amna · #1 Friday, June 05, 2015

PAPER: GOVERNANCE & PUBLIC POLICIES (100 MARKS)

I. Basic Concepts of Governance:

Origin of the term Governance
Definition of Governance
Definition of Good Governance
Characteristics of Good Governance: Participation, Rule of law, Transparency,
Responsiveness, Equity, Effectiveness and Efficiency, Accountability, Strategic Vision
Collapse/Failure of Governance: its indicators diagnostic tools & Effects

II. Governance Theories:

Communitarianism
Decentered Theory
Libertarian Socialism
Institutionalism
Marxism
Neoliberalism
Rational Choice Theory
Regulation Theory

III. Governance Indicators laid by World Bank/IMF/UNESCO/UNDP/ADB, their Explanation & Application Level in Pakistan:

Voice and Accountability
Political Stability and Absence of Violence
Government Effectiveness
Regulatory Authorities & their Quality
Rule of Law
Control of Corruption

IV. Public Policy and Planning Institutions and their role in Planning

Institutional Framework for Policy Coordination and Planning(ECNEC, Economic Coordination Committees of the Cabinet, The Federal Cabinet, The Secretaries Committee, The Prime Minister’s Secretariat, The Planning Commission, The Finance Division, The Cabinet Division, and all Federal Ministries for their respective subjects)

Role of Planning Commission in Policy and Planning

Strategic Planning in Federal

Provincial Government and Local Government

Role of International Donors in Policy Formulation (IMF Document “Memorandum on Economic and Financial Policies 2013/14–2015/16,” that underpins almost all public policies.)

Public Policy and Implementation in Key Sectors (i.e., Health, Education).

V. Accountability:

General Introduction to Accountability and its concepts(Standards, Symbolism, regional and country-wide comparisons, a Review of Contemporary Studies)

Types of Accountability- Political Accountability, Legal/ Judicial Accountability, Administrative Accountability, Professional Accountability, Private vs. Public Accountability

National Strategies against Corruption and remedial measures.

VI. Bureaucracy:

Introduction to the Concept of Bureaucracy(History, Neutrality, Steel Frame of the State, Negative Connotations Associated with the term)

Theories of Bureaucracy (Max Weber, Marx, John Stewart Mill, Woodrow Wilson)

Role of Bureaucracy in Pakistan (British legacy, civil-military relations, neutrality, dilution of neutrality, political allegiance, power, corrupting the incumbent, institutional degradation, constitutional guarantees, indexing of salaries with the CPI or lack thereof.)

Public Administration and Code of Ethics (Effectiveness of the Estacode and the Code of Ethics, Comparison with other countries)

VII. Public Policy Formulation and Implementation

The Policy Making Process: How Policies are Made (Six including diagnosis and six stages with cautions to be exercise at each stage)

Policy Implementation & Role of Bureaucracy (Training, Pervasive Inertia and how to break it, Lack of Decision Making, Culture of postponement and delays, Lack of resources, Political interference, Ability to say “No.”)

Policy Analysis, The Quest for Solutions (Lack of research in policy analysis, Lack of coordination among departments, secrecy, openness)

Policy Evaluation: Assessing The Impact of Public Policy, Program Evaluation- Success and failure of Govt.

VIII. Multi-level Governance in Pakistan:

Legislature: National Assembly, Senate, Provisional Assemblies
Judiciary: Supreme Court, High Courts, Lower Courts
Functioning of the offices:
President of Pakistan,
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Office of Governor,
Office of Chief Minister, Federal Cabinet, Cabinet Committees, Federal Secretariat, Provincial Secretariat
Local Government system: District Government, Zila Government, Tehsil
Government, Union Administration, Its Efficacy, Performance & Causes of
Success or Failure

IX. Federalism, Devolution and Decentralization

Constituents participation in Federal Structure
Principle of Subsidiarity in Public Service Delivery
Decentralization Model of Kerala
Role of Citizens in Governance

XI. Good Governance in Islam

Quranic Guidance on Good Governance
Concept of Governance and its application in light of Quran; Sunnah and Fiqh.

SUGGESTED READINGS

1. Governance------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------Anne Mette Kjær

2. Encyclopedia of Governance, Volume 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Bevir

3. Implementing Public Policy: Governance in Theory and in Practice. -------------------------------------------- Hill M. and Hupe P.

4. Accountability: Managing for Maximum Results -------------------------------------------------------------------Sam R LLyod

5. Guidance for Good Governance: Explorations in Qur'anic, Scientific & Cross-Cultural Approaches ------------Abdullah Ahsan& Stephen Bonsal Young

6. How Governments Work------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------Muzaffar A. Ghaffaar

7. Government and Administration in Pakistan------------------------------------------------------------------------Dr Jamil-ur Rehman

8. Public Administration With Special Reference To Pakistan-----------------------------------------------------------Dr Sultan Khan

9. Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- National Assembly of Pakistan

10. Pakistan: Beyond the Crisis State------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------Maleeha Lodhi

11. Power Dynamics, Institutional Instability and Economics Growth: The Case of Pakistan -----------------------Akmal Hussain

12. Federalism and Rights-------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Ellis Katz and G Allan Tarr

13. Local Government Reforms in Pakistan: Context, Content and Causes-----------------------------------Ali Chmeema, Asim Ijaz Khawaja and Adnan Qadir

14. Economics Democracy Through Pro Poor Growth-------------- ------------------------------------------PonnaWignaraja, Akmal Hussain Susil Sirivardana

15. Governance: South Asian Perspective--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hasnat Abdul Hye

16. Governance, Economic Policy and Reform in Pakistan-------------------------------------------------------------- ---AbdusSamad

17. “Pakistan—Problems of Governance,” 1993. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Hussain, M., Hussain. A.

18. “Pakistan’s Predicament: The Diagnostic and theDebates within,” Journal of Pakistan Vision, 13/1 (2012). ------- Racine, Jean-Luc.

19. The Culture of Power and Governance of Pakistan— 1947-2008, Oxford, 2010. ----------------------------------------Niaz, I.

20. “Legitimacy and the Administrative State: Ontology, History,and Democracy,” Public Administration Quarterly, UC Berkeley, 2013. ---------Bevir, M.,

21. Handbook of Public Policy Analysis---------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Fischer, Gerald J. Miller, and Mara S. Sidney,

22. Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, 4th Ed., CQ Press, 2012---------------------------------------------Kraft, Michael E., Scott R.

23. Public Policy in An Uncertain World,: Analysis and Decisions, Harvard, 2013------------------------------------------ Manski, Charles F.

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