What is good government? : the philosophy of office, institutions, and administration / edited by Nikolas Kirby

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kirby, Nikolas Norman Patrick, 1984- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Philosophy.

Public administration.

State, The--Philosophy.

State, The.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

What is good government? The concept of 'good government' aims to set an ideal for how governments - and their constituent agents - should act, be structured, and held accountable. It promises a fundamental norm to guide the design of its offices and institutions and the administrative state. It is a concept central to contemporary development practice, public administration, and political science, but has largely been neglected in contemporary political philosophy. This volume is specifically dedicated to the philosophy of good government. Bringing together some of today's foremost political philosophers, it explores the complex relationship between good government and other concepts fundamental to politics: justice, legitimacy, and the common good

Contents:

Guarding the guardians : Plato on constitutionalism for the good of the ruled / Melissa Lane

Confucian perspectives on good governance and regime type : historical choices and their contemporary legacy / Joseph Chan

Democracy and the operational integrity of government / Mark Philp

Office accountability : the open texture of public institutional normativity / Emanuela Ceva and Maria Paola Ferretti

The case for administrative co-determination / Chiara Cordelli

Relational discretion and good governance / Daniel Engster

State, republic, and good government / Philip Pettit

Good self-governance / Leah Downey

The administrative state, inside out / Cass R Sunstein

Collective rights and the obligations of good government / Blake Emerson

Fiduciary governance : power without despotism / Nikolas Kirby

Political trust, public justification, and judicial office / Paul B Miller

Explanation and power : governing well with algorithms / Zeynep Pamuk

Reasonableness as a quality of good government / Joseph Heath

Making government work : the recursivity response / Jane Mansbridge

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Academic, viewed June 24, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: What is good government?

ISBN:

9780198910497

0198910495

9780198910480

0198910487

OCLC:

1581198721

Publisher Number:

CIPO000370919

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license