The book is a critical examination and appraisal of the status, methodology and likely future trends of the emerging sub-discipline of Governing Development within the broader discipline of political science, leading to the application of Good Governance in the administration and development of the newly emerged nations during the later half of the twentieth century. From the Contents: Bureaucracy, development and governance: The conceptual evolution of a sub-discipline R.B. Jain, Public administration, bureaucracy and development in the Third World Vidu Soni, Public Administration to Good Governance in Developing Countries Good governance: Select world perspectives Renu Khator, Good Governance: An American Perspective in the Global Context Hartmut Elsenhans, Good governance as a means of taming the rent in newly industrialised countries: A German political economy perspective Micheal Pinto-Duschinsky, The Bad Government of Good Government: Some Problems of Civil Society Organizations Promoting Good Governance O.P. Dwivedi, In the matter of good governance: A non-Western perspective Lenneal J. Henderson, Good governance and public administration: A citizen capacity-building model for Latin America. Keshav C. Sharma, Towards Good Governance in Africa: Governing development: Status, methodology, and future trends R.B. Jain, In conclusion: Governing development the emerging sub-discipline in political science: Status, methodology and future trends