Most literature on the economic crisis in indonesia has focused on the negative macro-economic impacts during the "crisis-years" of 1997-99. The case studies presented in this book take a different perspective. With a longitudinal research perspective, this comparative study analyses a wide...

Grounded in empirically-based country case studies, this new study provides a sober assessment of what decentralisation can achieve. The current momentum for decentralisation of government in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world is unparalleled, but are the benefits claimed by its...

Part 1: Editorial -- Towards Service Automation in Public Organizations -- Part 2: Conceptualization of Public Sector Service Automation -- The Subject Matter of Process Automation Practices: Through the Lenses of Research Questions -- Understanding Automated Decision-making in the Public...

Part A: Scientific Foundations of Digital Governance -- Chapter 1 - Scientific Foundations of Digital Governance - Why, What and How (Yannis Charalabidis,Zoi Lachana, Charalampos Alexopoulos).-Chapter 2 - Digital governance as a scientific concept (Tove Engvall, Leif Skiftenes Flak) -- Chapter 3...

Part 1: Ethics and Ethical Compliance -- Chapter 1:1 Ethics and Accountable Governance in Africa: An Introduction (Kemi Ogunyemi, Isaiah Adisa, and Robert E. Hinson) -- Chapter 2:Ethical Dilemmas and the Changing Reality in Africa’s Public Sector (Nkemdilim Iheanachor and Emmanuel Etim) --...

Chapter 1. Leadership and Policy Implementation for Good Governance in Africa -- Chapter 2. Challenges to Building Ethics in Public Service in Africa -- Chapter 3. Corporate governance in Zimbabwe’s local authorities: A void in the devolution path -- Chapter 4. The Role of Ethical Orientation...