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Good Governance: A Critical Introduction
Maszlee Malik (The author is now the Minister of Education, Malaysia)
ISBN 978-967-418-374-5
Pages : 105
Price : RM 45.00 / € 20.00
Year : 2015

Governance is both a very new and very old subject in political science.
It marks a return to the conception of political study organized around
key words like constitution, government, polity, politics and other
related themes. While ‘Good Governance’ agenda as introduced by
Bretton Woods’ institutions according to the Washington Consensus
is a result of conventional developmental theories, and represents the
contemporary kernel of truth on how to develop. This small book aims
to bring to the readers a general conceptual idea of Good Governance
as part of Washington Consensus products and to understand critics launched against it
from different point of views. This small effort is dedicated to the beginners who are trying
to understand the basic idea of Good Governance from a holistic point of view and from its
bigger picture.

Good Governance: Civil Society and Islam
Maszlee Malik (The author is now the Minister of Education, Malaysia)
ISBN 978-967-418-375-2
Pages : 125
Price : RM 45.00 / € 20.00
Year : 2015
In post-modern times, there has been much empirical evidence to
indicate that religions and faiths play a pro-active role in the field of civil
society but more importantly in the development of societies, which is
a major factor in political and economic development of a country,
as well as its governance. Hence, explorations of religion and faith
to develop an alternative notion of ‘good governance’ from ‘other’s’
worldview are also necessary. This book is an attempt to explore how
Islam could play its functional role to create a sustainable governance
concept based on values and ethics. It will look into the feasibility of some Islamic concepts
that relates to governance, and how it fits into the framework of the modern day notion of
‘good governance’ through the realm of citizen politics, civil societies and NGOs. Readers
will be introduced to some Islamic philosophical concepts derived from Islamic epistemology
such as Tawhid, Amanah, Islah and others that will be explained in modern framework of good
governance, to explore the viability of the relation between religion and governance.