Bruce Gilley
Associate Professor of Political Science
Director of Ph.D. Program in Public Affairs & Policy
Mark O. Hatfield School of Government
Portland State University
What is the relationship between democracy
and good governance?
Is this relationship different in Asia?
How can public leaders maximize the
advantages and avoid the pitfalls?
Key relationship: Government → Public Value
Key principle: legitimate and effective public
policy
Spheres: public policy (economic,
environmental, social, political, international)
Tools: technology, institutional capacity, public
leadership, social support, accountability
mechanisms
Key relationship: Citizens → Government
Key principle: popular control as political equals
Spheres: regime rules, office-holders, public
policy
Tools: technology, institutional capacity,
impartial institutions, elections, rights and
freedoms, rule of law, development
People
Government
Good
Governance
Democracy
Support
Policy
Common
tools
Support
Shared tools: technology, institutional capacity
Good Governance supports Democracy
(impartial institutions, elections, rights and
freedoms, rule of law, development)
Democracy supports Good Governance (public
leadership, social support, accountability
mechanisms)
Relationship different (Lee hypothesis?
Thompson Hypothesis?)
Sequencing different (Development State
Model)?
2
0
Indonesia
Philippines
Singapore
Malaysia
Thailand
-1
Cambodia
Laos
-2
Democracy
1
Japan
Taiwan
Korea, South
Vietnam
China
Myanmar
Korea, North
-2
-1
0
Governance
1
2
3
2
1
0
-1
-2
-3
Democracy
Stateness
Support for Lee Hypothesis (S > D)
Middle income traps
Latin Americanization
Mutually supportive reforms
State-led democratization (public value focus)
Society-led governance (contentious politics)