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Good Governance Implementation

Author

Term

4. term

Publication year

2008

Abstract

The thesis analyzes how international donors implement good governance through concrete governance programs and explores the practical and political challenges that arise. Good governance, encompassing democracy and human rights, has become central to development aid but is criticized for reflecting Western domination. The research asks what challenges donors face when working with good governance programs and to what extent these efforts can be understood as Western domination—and why. The study is based on a case in Nicaragua involving three Danish actors: Danida as a bilateral donor and the NGOs Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke and Ibis. The analysis examines good governance as policy (program content and practice) and links it to the broader concept of good governance, using the human development approach to political development as the theoretical lens. It considers how the programs relate to prominent critiques and attempts to strengthen democracy. The opening pages outline objectives, methods, and scope; detailed findings are presented later in the thesis and are not included in the provided excerpt.

Specialet analyserer, hvordan internationale donorer implementerer good governance gennem konkrete governance-programmer, og undersøger de praktiske og politiske udfordringer, der opstår. Good governance, der omfatter demokrati og menneskerettigheder, er blevet central i udviklingsbistanden, men kritiseres for at afspejle vestlig dominans. Problemformuleringen spørger, hvilke udfordringer donorer møder i arbejdet med good governance-programmer, og i hvilken grad indsatsen kan forstås som vestlig dominans – og hvorfor. Undersøgelsen bygger på et casestudie af tre danske aktører i Nicaragua: Danida som bilateral donor samt NGO’erne Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke og Ibis. Analysen fokuserer på good governance som politik (programmernes indhold og praksis) og kobler dette til begrebet good governance, med et teoretisk udgangspunkt i human development-tilgangen til politisk udvikling. Der ses blandt andet på, hvordan programmerne relaterer sig til kritikpunkter og forsøg på at styrke demokrati. De første sider skitserer mål, metode og ramme, mens detaljerede resultater præsenteres senere i specialet og fremgår ikke af den givne tekst.

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