Part 1 - Governance: institutional concepts Partie 1 - Gouvernance: concepts institutionnels Governance, partnership and development - Denis Osborne Good governance - as steering and value concept for the modern administrative state - Klaus Konig The anglo-american way of public governance: balancing economic efficiency and the needs of civil society? - Judy Johnston & Guy Callender The political economy of local self- governance and prospects for democratic consolidation in Africa - Dele Olowu Governance and decentralization - Franz Thediek Implications de la " bonne gouvernance" - Jacques Bourgault Issues in governance: a commonwealth perspective - Mohan Kaul Part 2 - Governance: applications Partie 2 - Gouvernance: applications Of governance and milking cows - Gambhir Bhatta and Joaquin L. Gonzales III Reforme des fonctions publiques et bonne gouvernance en Afrique = Amadou Ousmane Diallo Governance and application in central and eastern Europe - Janos Hoos Governance in Argentina: reform of the state, economic modernisation, and social costs - Pedro E. Andrieu Remarques sur le concept de gouvernance et le systemes politico-administratif francais - Marie-Christine Meininger Governance and communication: effective talking in the process of governing - Michael Duggett Les origines du concept de gouvernance: usage et definitions par divers auteurs The origins of the concept of governance: its utilisation and definition by various authors La gouvernance de la gouvernance: fault-il freiner l'engouement? - Maurice Demers