Winning the Needed Change: saving our Planet Earth
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Author(s): I. P. Pagza and D. Argyriades
Publisher: IOS Press
ISBN: 9781586039585
Format: softback
259pp
Price: £54.00
Review Date: 01 April 2009
Review: This book which is edited by the past president and past rapporteur-general of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences in Brussels, is the result of a working group of the Institute. The first part of the book explores the challenges that this decade inherited from our troubled 20th century. Regional perspective on the issue of global governance is covered in the second part which is a major issue of the book: that global issues arise on multiple levels calling for close cooperation of national, sub-regional, regional and inter-regional actors. The chapters in the book are: Part I. The human factor in governance: global issues; chapter I global governance: prospects and challenges, chapter II human factor and human resources development, chapter III developing global public servants for good governance and sustainable development, chapter IV beyond efficiency and effectiveness: the significance of ethics and spiritual dimension of service. Part II. Regional perspectives; chapter V leadership capacity development perspectives in Africa, chapter VI administration of the Arab State: synthesizing diverse traditions, chapter VII the South Asian administrative systems: heritage and challenges, chapter VIII servidores publicos latinoamericanos para el Siglo XXI, chapter IX le facteur humain dans la gouvernance globale: une perpective Europeenne, chapter X a global public service towards the world we could win: conclusions and recommendations. Part III. Abstracts.