Preface

1. Introduction

2. Friends of Good Governance: Rule of Law
Introduction
Concespts
Constitutional principles of good governance
Why rule of law: What is the basic rationale?
Rule of law in politics and public administration
Relevance of the principal-agent model
Conclusion

3. Entry and Exit in Politics
Introduction
Clubs and the principal-agent problematic
Entry
Exit
Asymmetric information
Conclusion

4. Enemies of Good Governance: Islamic Fundamentalism
Introduction
Islam: The Koranic civilisation
Mawdudi: “Islamisation”
Qutb: “Re-inventing the caliphate”
Faraj: “Offensive Jihad”
ISIS replacing Al-Qaeda
Conclusion

5. Culture and Good Governance
Introduction
Capitalism
Weber’s analysis of religion
The Islamic revolution in the 20th century
Legal-rational authority
Civilisations today: Rule of law
Rule of law
Conclusion

6. Good Governance: Two Meanings of “Rule of Law”
Introduction
Rule of law 1: Legality and judicial independence
Rule of law 2: Constitutional Democracy
Rule of law and the market economy
Political freedom and economic freedom
Rule of law: Thin and thick constitutionalism
Institutions and rule of law 1 and 2
The ombudsman office
Conclusion

7. The Twilight of the Scandinavian Model
Introduction
Voter volatility
Government instability
The welfare state reconsidered
Theory: Public interests and institutions
Conclusion

8. Nations and Global Economic Competition: Variable and Zero Sum Games
Introduction
Governments and the markets: What kinds of games?
Meanings of “economic competition”
Neo-liberal model: Variable sum game
The alternative discourse: Zero sum game
Competition: Three different idea-type games
Neoliberal credo
Conclusion

9. Commerce and Islamofobia
Introduction
Judge made law
Meaning of book fire
Kymlicka model: Swedish multiculturalism
Against book fires
Conclusion

References

Jan-Erik Lane

University of Geneva, Switzerland

Born in 1946 in Gothenburg, Jan-Erik Lane was raised in Stockholm and Malmö. He finished his school education in the classics in 1965. At university og Lund and Umeå he took grades in History, Political Science, Economics and Philosophy. He has held tenured positions at Umeå University, Oslo University and Geneva University. Invited as full professor, he has taught at several universities like e.g. Singapore, Hongkong, Cape Town, Rotterdam, and Jerusalem as well as Freiburg in Breisgau.