...This chapter argues that citizen engagement, democracy, and good governance are all interconnected and each one of them is responsible for the health of the other two. When citizen engagement thrives, it invariably leads to a vibrant democracy and eventually towards an environment of mutual trust...

...This book is an attempt to understand citizen development and engagement. It takes the reader through interpretations of development initiatives at the grassroots and what good governance means to ordinary people. The book unravels the power of citizen engagement through the author's experiences...

...The introduction shows how Henry R. Luce in his 1941 essay, “The American Century,” gave concrete form to the security ethos: the belief that, for its own safety, the United States should provide political and economic leadership and act as the indispensable Good Samaritan around the world...

... and material prosperity made possible self-reflection about what a good life could and should be in an affluent society. affluence Island of Dreams landfill landfills middle class lifestyles nuclear weapons free time kokoro heart mind or spirit yutori “unconstricted time” advertising Dentsū...

...This chapter begins by traversing the streets of Prague, following in the footsteps of pilgrims and city dwellers alike as they celebrate the religious holiday of Saint Václav, also known as “Good King Wenceslas.” Going through time, national identity, and state politics, the chapter examines...

...This chapter introduces the book and talks about the ways people seek a good life, and how their various ways of seeking a good life do — or don't — intersect with work. It aims to help in understanding some of the global political and economic trends that make it rare for South African people...

...This chapter explores the narrative that people associate strongly with a Zulu identity, but which also resonates beyond South Africa, a moral schema demanding that the good life requires respect for all people. It talks about hierarchies, how it affects people's perception of who they are, and how...

...This chapter demonstrates how asking the question “What is the good life?” leads to different knowledge than asking questions like “How can we generate employment?” or “How can we achieve economic growth?” The chapter offers a deeper look into the lives of four individuals who said they were...

...This chapter discusses Eva Tanguay's casting in the musical comedy, A Good Fellow. She played Dolly Sevier, a city gal who weds secretly without telling her aunt Prudence. Even though she performed silly acts in the show, commentators said that “she [had been] fresh at the finish...

... be approached as something “safe” to remember. It considers the promise of a distinctive home-grown variety of the Good Life, referred to as the Yugoslav Dream, and what is left of it. It suggests that the Yugoslav Dream, driven by consumption and consumerism, has not disappeared: it remains a vital and dynamic...

...This chapter argues that Numenius of Apamea had had some substantial role to play in the development of Platonism. It investigates a work of his entitled On the Good, portions of which are preserved verbatim in Eusebius's Preparatio evangelica. In this work...

...This chapter analyzes the migration of “Enough,” from the 1570 play Enough Is as Good as a Feast, from its place in Elizabethan drama to its lodging in the figure of Shylock (Shakespeare's stage). Shylock is a Jewish money lender whose profession and religion were among...

...This concluding chapter argues that the quality of local governance distinguishes the performance of the revitalization initiatives undertaken in the original urban Empowerment Zones (EZs). Zone neighborhoods attained better outcomes than their matched-pair counterparts where good governance...

...This prologue provides an overview of American higher education. Over time, as Americans established colleges and universities across the nation, they stridently declared these institutions' commitment to advancing the public good. The form this commitment took surely changed over the years...

....” This conception of higher education's function in American society drew heavily on a social ethos of civic-mindedness that assigned priority to social responsibility over individuals' self indulgence. Characterized by the practice of civic virtue and a commitment to the public good, civic-mindedness provided...

...This chapter examines the ideal of the good life that animated Socrates and the extent to which it can be said to have also animated the Academics. It begins with a passage from Apology in which Socrates, after having just been convicted of the charges leveled against him...

... to crime and contagion—some Philadelphians claimed that these pains and perils vindicated the founder's skeptical view of city living and demonstrated the need to renounce urban luxury and subordinate private desires to the public good. Others believed that harnessing personal appetites, rather than...

...Chapter one illustrates the tension between martial citizenship and breadwinner masculinity in World War II deferment policy as well as men’s surprising reluctance to serve in the “Good War.” Despite staggering manpower needs, military officials were unable to convince members of Congress...

... good governance standards and ordered several member states to claw back taxes lost to sweetheart deals granting selective advantages to individual firms. Moreover, finance ministers debate the introduction of a digital services tax and a common consolidated corporate tax base to curb profit-shifting...

... foreign policy in a direction that is more hawkish than what voters want. The chapter elaborates on foreign policies as indications of leadership strength since voters value good judgment in foreign policy, but good judgment is hard to evaluate quickly. It considers the need for a commander-in-chief test...