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Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way between West and East 1st Edition

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For decades, liberal democracy has been extolled as the best system of governance to have emerged out of the long experience of history. Today, such a confident assertion is far from self-evident. Democracy, in crisis across the West, must prove itself.

In the West today, the authors argue, we no longer live in "industrial democracies," but "consumer democracies" in which the governing ethos has ended up drowning households and governments in debt and resulted in paralyzing partisanship. In contrast, the long-term focus of the decisive and unified leadership of China is boldly moving its nation into the future. But China also faces challenges arising from its meteoric rise. Its burgeoning middle class will increasingly demand more participation, accountability of government, curbing corruption and the rule of law.

As the 21st Century unfolds, both of these core systems of the global order must contend with the same reality: a genuinely multi-polar world where no single power dominates and in which societies themselves are becoming increasingly diverse. The authors argue that a new system of "intelligent governance" is required to meet these new challenges. To cope, the authors argue that both East and West can benefit by adapting each other’s best practices. Examining this in relation to widely varying political and cultural contexts, the authors quip that while China must lighten up, the US must tighten up.

This highly timely volume is both a conceptual and practical guide of impressive scope to the challenges of good governance as the world continues to undergo profound transformation in the coming decades.

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  • Lawrence
    5.0 out of 5 stars World Leaders Take Note!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2013
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    As a past Executive Director for Idaho’s public pension system, “governance” is a very, very important element in assessing the degree of fiduciary compliance the system’s trustees are adhering to via their proxy voting record and there power in supporting or firing board members of publically traded companies. The collective track record for U S pension fund trustees is dismal as evidenced over the lack of self-correcting, judicial feedback loops designed to mitigate or eliminate corruption in the economic systems of this country’s lifeline.

    The authors, although remaining silent regarding pension fund governance, do bring out the global framework of governance (predominately China’s and the United States’) when it comes to governmental systems of public organizations. Public political input at local levels, leadership aptitude and experiential competency at the national level and transparency checks and balances are all essential for the corrective feedback loops to assist in maintaining “Organizational Dynamics” in an ever changing world. I just wish anyone running for office would first be required to read this piece of work. China employs competency level checks and balances at its top political leadership levels that still unfortunately remain void in the US. What the US lacks in competent allegiance and responsiveness to its citizens it more than makes up for in its politics to “Special Interests.”
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  • Danny Lee
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for today's leaders
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    So glad I found this book. It talks about the issues that we should all be focused on for the next 10 years - how we achieve global peace through better understanding of the ways of the East and West, mostly China and the US. Understanding is the necessary for communication and cooperation. And how we can improve our current system of governance through modification of the existing system that might have fallen out of touch with reality.
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  • Shirley Ajayi Carroll
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and Futuristic!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2016
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    It was interesting and somewhat futuristic. The average person don't do well with change especially in politics. I hear a man tell Nicolas Berggruen, at youtube" "his ideas were like urinating in the sea!"
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and Futuristic!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2016
    It was interesting and somewhat futuristic. The average person don't do well with change especially in politics. I hear a man tell Nicolas Berggruen, at youtube" "his ideas were like urinating in the sea!"
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  • J. Myers
    4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but...
    Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2013
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    The four stars are for giving me a lot to think about and a few ideas that could, perhaps, improve governance in this country. The lack of a fifth star is for sometimes being much harder to read than it needs to be because of incomplete information and occasional oververbage.

    I read this book because I am concerned about how our country is governed and about how hard it is for other countries that are seeking better governance. I started this book, then somewhere in the middle of it I read America Aflame, which reaffirmed my belief that America began as an exceptional country and there is no clear way to maintain/regain that exceptionalism as long as we citizens throw bricks at it instead of using those bricks to build. There will always be massive disagreements in a country of 400 million individuals. Will we make the choice to proceed together or not? As I returned to this book I was struck by the sterility, the levers and gears described in it. Why do the authors think local representatives will want something more high-minded than "more for less?"

    The authors succeeded in their goal of using China and America as a source of ideas for what works and what doesn't in government. They seem to expect a lot of resistance to the idea that unfettered democracy has some problems. Most of the ones they tentatively suggest are explored in the Federalist Papers, so these ideas are not new but re-found. I particularly appreciated description of the work of the Think Long Committee for California. This looks like an idea that may help government function better in delivering services and can fit with existing ideas of government in this country (although again, I see no people here, only formulas).

    This follows a chapter that I found extremely strange in that it proposes a very specific governance structure that I cannot imagine being implemented in this country (or, from what I know of other places, anywhere else), and which is described in verbiage that I found much more opaque and abstract than the rest of the book. This very specific recipe is sprung on the reader following descriptions of various forms of existing governments, and to me without enough explanation of why this one alone is so perfect, or, alternatively, enough assurance that it is shown as just one of many possible means to a desired end.

    My belief in this book was shaken a bit by frequent footnoteing of Francis Fukuyama's Origins of Political Order and Mancur Olson's Rise and Decline of Nations. I set out to learn about these, thinking I would read them next, because these ideas (plus references to Confucius) seemed to be important to the authors. The reviews I found suggested that Fukuyama's book has definite plusses, but didn't include a lot of what others consider important about the rise of governance in several countries in Europe, and the review in the New York Times seemed tepid. I also read that Fukuyama may not fully agree with what he wrote in that book, and I am disinclined to follow his trail of thought (I was just looking for a book that would give me more background). Olson also apparently had further thoughts and gave up some of the ideas he expressed in the cited work. This made me wonder if the authors of the current book had based their beliefs on a solid foundation (or as solid as a work about people can be). I'll see if any of the books recommended by reviewer Robert David Steele will do for my understanding of the history of political governance.

    This book did lead me to Creel's book on Confucius, which I have ordered.
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  • Erick Candanedo
    5.0 out of 5 stars I read the book and send it (FYI), to a candidate of the presidency of the Republic.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2013
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    The book is neat and clear in respect of the way government, private sector and politics are run around the world. I like so much that I forward it as a contribution to Juan Carlos Navarro, candidate to presidency of the Republic of Panamá.
    I also bought a copy for my daughter that is studying economics in Czech Republic. Her comments were: “I feel brighter after reading this book”.
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  • James Stuart
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent analysis of the chaos of Western democracy to-day and ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2015
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    Excellent analysis of the chaos of Western democracy to-day and the weaknesses also of present Chinese meritocracy. Interesting ideas for what would make the ideal form of governance which would be, roughly, a combination of the two retaining power ultimate power of the people who would be guided by informed management. All written in a very readable manner and without being too long.
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  • S. Viktor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, brave approach.. made me think..
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2013
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    Interesting, brave approach.. made me think about the effectiveness of our modern western governance and society, It is worth to read..
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  • L. Zoltan
    4.0 out of 5 stars Meritocracy wins
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2013
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    A nice discussion on a high and mostly theoretic level but many historical and practical cases included as well.
    The conclusion that current systems need a fix or critical changes.
    Reports many systemic shortfalls which challenge local govts. in the global world.
    Introducing the Swiss direct democracy would have really added to the explanation power of this book.
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  • Kris
    3.0 out of 5 stars Undecided
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2013
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    Probably a great book for someone with a keen interest in this subject, but I found the channel hopping from one continent to another all too confusing and would much have preferred if this were dealt with individually. For me, having little to no interest in this subject, it was interesting but I didn't feel I learned anything worthwhile.
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