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Refers to answerability or responsibility for one’s action, based on the principle that each person or group is responsible for their actions most especially when their acts affect public interest. Actors have an obligation to explain and be answerable for the consequences of decisions and actions they have made on behalf of the society it serves.
Equity and Inclusiveness
Consensus Oriented Governance
Accountability
A procedure for conflict resolution must be in place because it is possible that conflict will arise from competing interests of the actors. Governance is based on the partnership of the actors of the society in providing public services.
Equity and Inclusiveness
Consensus Oriented Governance
Accountability
All members of society, especially the most vulnerable ones must be taken into consideration. Everyone has a stake in society; no one should feel alienated from it. Those who have less in life should have more in law. Good governance demands that the actors must give preferential treatment to the conditions of the poor.
Transparency
Responsiveness
Equity and Inclusiveness
Institutions and processes should serve all the stakeholders in timely and appropriate way. Interests of all citizens must be well protected in a prompt and appropriate manner so that each of them can appreciate and take part in the process of governance.
Transparency
Responsiveness
Equity and Inclusiveness
It means that people can access information regarding decisionmaking process and the implementation of decisions. Information on matters of public concern are made available to the citizens or those who will be directly affected.
Equity and Inclusiveness
Transparency
Responsiveness
Effectiveness and Efficiency Good governance requires that the institutions, processes, and actors deliver and meet the needs of society in a way that available resources are used well. Service delivery in public sector, especially of front-line agencies, must promptly and adequately serve the needs of the citizens instituting simplified government procedures and inexpensive transaction costs.
True
False
The following are the features of modern governance, except:
It is not a set of rules or an activity, but a process.
It refers to administrative and political activities related to national public affairs.
The process of governance is not based on control, but on coordination.
It involves both public and private sectors.
It is not a formal institution, but continuing interaction.
In a general sense, this refers to the sum of the many ways individuals and institutions, public and private, manage their common affairs.
Government
Management
Governance
Sustainable Development
Bureaucracy
[1] Governance includes formal institutions and regimes empowered to enforce compliance. [2] But governance has nothing to do with informal arrangements that people and institutions either have agreed to or perceive to be in their interest.
Both statements are true
Only the first statement is true
Both statements are false
Only the first statement is false
[1] The body of government is necessarily the public institutions in a society. [2] On the other hand, the body of governance can either be a public institution, a private one, or even a cooperation between the two.
Both statements are true
Only the first statement is true
Both statements are false
Only the first statement is false
Good governance requires the optimal collaborative management of public life between these two:
State
Technocrats
Politicians
Market
Civil Society
[1] Something legal is necessarily legitimate. [2] Thus, all authority and orders are legitimate even though they are not genuinely recognized by the people.
Both statements are true
Only the first statement is true
Both statements are false
Only the first statement is false
The following are true regarding essential characteristics of good governance, except:
The higher the degree of legitimacy is, the higher the level of good governance will be.
The higher the degree of transparency is, the higher the level of good governance will be.
The more accountability to the public, the higher the level of good governance will be.
The rule of law is impossible without a strong and authoritative executive who follows through his/her own political will.
The greater the level of responsiveness is, the higher the level of good governance will be.
It is considered the arch-enemy of political autocracy.
Rule of Law
Political Will
Totalitarianism
Authoritarianism
Rule of the Majority
[1] In an autocratic system, it is possible to have good government when the system is at its best, but it is impossible to have good governance. [2] Good governance can only be achieved in a free and democratic political system, as it cannot emerge without freedom and democracy.
Both statements are true
Only the first statement is true
Both statements are false
Only the first statement is false
Power is
The ability to effect change
Soft, hard, smart and sharp
The growth of states to hegemony
The way in which states interact
Sovereignty is...
Legal jurisdiction over territory, independence and control
Defined in the Monte Carlo convention
The actions or actor being commonly considered acceptable
The ability to change
The process that determines the distribution of power and resources.
Politics
Governance
Leadership
Representative
The branch of the social sciences that deals with the systems of government, and analysis of political activity.
Sociology
Anthropology
Philosophy
Political Science
An organized political community living under one government.
Nation
Country
State
Organization
The system that administers or controls the state, and is the instrument through which the will of the state is made known and implemented.
Government
Politics
State
Organization
It refers to all actions and activities related to governing.
Ideology
Politics
Governance
Leadership
A set of ideas and beliefs that define the views and actions of individuals, groups, and institutions.
Philosophy
Ideology
Traditions
Religions
Politics is
Human and social activity
About the search for conflict resolution
Deciding who gets, what, when and how
All of the above
A state's elements are the following except
government
military
sovereignty
territory