1. The Search for Good Governance The Role of State B, Guy Peters Department of Political Science University of Pittsburgh

2. Crucial Questions Quality of Life Policy Capacity Transparency and Democracy But Not Easy to Attain

3. What is Governance? Numerous Definitions Focus on Steering and Management And Focus on Who Gets What? Various Elements Goal Setting Coherence Implementation Feedback and Accountability

4. What is Good Governance? Numerous Definitions Academic and Practical All Have Some Validity All Have Some Weaknesses

5. Options Anti-Corruption Service State Democracy Effective Service Provision

6. What is the Role of the State? Fashionable to Denigrate New Public Management Networks Markets in Development But Remains Central And Is Being Brought Back (Again)

7. The Bureaucracy as the Central Institution Not to Denigrate Legislatures and Political Executives But Bureaucracies are Central to Governance Why?

8. Deliver Services Determine Who Gets What Major Locus for Efficiency Gains Major Potential Locus for Corruption (more retail than wholesale however)

9. Contact With Society Almost Daily Contacts Style as well as Substance Importance of Representative Bureaucracy

10. Locus for Democracy May Seem Contradictory Development of “Output Democracy” Participation Around Specific Facilities and Programs

11. Importance of the Lower Levels of the Bureaucracy The Street Level Where Government Meets the People Interactions

12. But Not the State Alone Limited Capacities Leverage Resources “Governing at A Distance But in Turn Requires Developing Civil Society and Markets

13. But How Do We Build Effective States and Bureaucracies? Difficult Build the Bureaucracy First And A Weberian Bureaucracy Fight Corruption Build Programs

14. Virtuous and Vicious Cycles in Governance Effectiveness Legitimacy Can Go in Either Direction Effectiveness May be Easier to Manipulate Hence Importance of Governance

15. Conclusion Governance Is Central for Promoting Collective Goals The State is Crucial For Governance Now the Difficult Task is Building Strong State But More than Just Effective and Efficient Must Recognize Other Values