Good Governance Research

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• “Diaspora Philanthropy in an At-Risk Society: The Case of Coptic Orphans in Egypt.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 2 (September 2008): forthcoming.
  
  
• “Sovereignty Under Siege or a Circuitous Path to Strengthening the State?: Digital Diasporas and Human Rights.” (co-authored with Lori A. Brainard). For the Special Issue on State Hollowing and State Sovereignty, Peter A. Mameli, ed.  International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 9, No. 8 (2006): 595-618.
  
  
• “Digital Diasporas and Semi-Authoritarian States: The Case of the Egyptian Copts.” Public Administration and Development, Vol. 25, No. 3 (August 2005): 193-204.
  
  
• “Donor-Funded Government-NGO Partnership for Public Service Improvement: Cases from India and Pakistan.”  Voluntas, Vol. 14, No. 1 (March 2003): 105-122.
  
  
• “Governance Reforms and Failed States: Challenges and Implications.” (co-authored with Derick W. Brinkerhoff). International Review of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 68, No. 4 (December 2002): 511-531.
  
  
• “Mastering Information: The Birth of Citizen-Initiated Voter Education in Mongolia.” (co-authored with Jennifer L. Butz). International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, Vol. 2, Nos. 1 & 2 (January/February 1999):  107-140.
  
  
• “Administrative Avenues to Democratic Governance: The Balance of Supply and Demand.” Public Administration and Development, Vol. 18, No. 5 (December 1998): 479-493.
  
  
• “The Contribution of Civil Society Organisations to Democratisation.”  International Journal of Technical Cooperation, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Winter 1998): 246-258.
  

Book Chapters

• “Exploring the Role of Diasporas in Rebuilding Governance in Post-Conflict Societies.” In Africa’s Finances: The Contribution of Remittances. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, forthcoming, 2008.
  
  
• “Partnership as a Means to Good Governance: Toward an Evaluation Framework.” Pieter Glasbergen, Frank Biermann, Arthur Mol, eds. Partnerships, Governance and Sustainable Development: Reflections on Theory and Practice. Amsterdam: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2007: 68-89.
  
  
• “Decentralization and Participatory Local Governance: A Decision Space Analysis and Application to Peru.” (co-authored with Derick W. Brinkerhoff and Stephanie McNulty). In Dennis Rondinelli and Shabbir Cheema (eds.) Decentralizing Governance: Devolution, Capacity, and Partnership. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2007: 189-211.
  
  
• “Contributions of Digital Diasporas to Governance Reconstruction in Post-Conflict and Fragile States: Potential and Promise.” In Derick W. Brinkerhoff, ed. Governance in Post-Conflict Societies: Rebuilding Fragile States. London: Routledge, 2007: 185-203.

June 26, 2008