Scholarly Approaches
Nayef Al-Rodhan,in his 2009 book Sustainable History and the Dignity of Man: A Philosophy of History and Civilisational Triumph, proposed eight minimum criteria for ensuring good national governance. Al-Rodhan eight minimum criteria are: 1) participation, equity, and inclusiveness, 2) rule of law, 3) separation of powers, 4) free, independent, and responsible media, 5) government legitimacy, 6) accountability, 7) transparency, and 8) limiting the distorting effect of money in politics. In the book, he argues that good national governance is an important component in creating a sustainable history for the human race. For Al-Rodhan, the eight minimum criteria of good governance are the expressions of the fundamental values of democracy and more liberal constitutionalism.
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