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Machine generated contents note:Prescript -- Out of the Closet: Waridi's Joys and Struggles /Mbugua wa-Mungai --Politics of Marginalization --Disability Discrimination: A Personal Reflection /Phitalis Were Masakhwe --Muslims Engaging with the State in the Context of Changing Political Landscape in Kenya /Hassan Mwakimako --Re-membering the Drylands of Kenya: Integrating ASAL Economies in Vision 2030 /Francis Mwaura --Roadblocks to Governance --Citizenship and Nationhood in Post-Independent Kenya /Felistus Kinyanjui --Kenya: Imagined Closed Spaces of the Political Economy of Violence /Musambayi Katumanga --Exploiting Opportunities in the Matatu Service for Transport Planning in Nairobi, Kenya /Meleckidzedeck Khayesi --Selected Normative Practices -- A Critique --Kenyan Women in the Context of 2008 Post-election Violence: From Exclusion to Participation in Peace Building /Nyokabi Kamau --Dealing with the Aftermath of the Election Violence of 2007/2008: Kenya's Dilemmas /George Gona.

1. Introduction -- 2. Bioethics : human genetic and biomedical research ethics at UNESCO and beyond -- 3. Global governance : a conceptual framework for analysing bioethics at UNESCO -- 4. Deliberating bioethics : UNESCO's standard-setting activities -- 5. Implementing bioethics : UNESCO's efforts to realize and enforce the declarations -- 6. Contextualizing bioethics : the declarations in Kenya and South Africa -- 7. Contextualizing bioethics : mapping progress in Kenya and South Africa -- 8. Conclusion.

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface ; Foreword ; Introduction Daniel Innerarity: Governing Global Risks -- Section I: Global Risks and Risk Society. Chapter 1. Ulrich Beck: Living in and Coping with a World Risk Society ; Chapter 2. Edgar Grande: Global Risks and Preventive Governance ; Chapter 3. Michael Zürn: World Risk Society and National Democracy ; Chapter 4. Daniel M. Weinstock: (How) Do We Need to Change Political Philosophy to Take Risk into Account? ; Chapter 5. Ignacio Aymerich Ojea: Global Risks and Popular Sovereignties -- Section II: Representation of Risks: Categories, Affects, Motivations. Chapter 6. Christophe Bouton: The Dark Horizon of the Future: Opacity, Disaster, and Responsibility ; Chapter 7. Elena Pulcini: Re-learning to Fear: The Perception of Risks in the Global Age ; Chapter 8. Serge Champeau: Certainty, Risk, and Uncertainty ; Chapter 9. Dimitri D'Andrea: Global Warming as a Globalized Risk and Global Threat for Future Generations -- Section III: The Governance of Global Risks. Chapter 10. Gurutz Jauregui: A New Political Order for the 21st Century: From State Governments to Global Governance ; Chapter 11. Michel Wieviorka: Mediations between Personal and "Global" Topics ; Chapter 12. Zaki Laidi: Europe as a Risk Averse Power -- Conclusion - Javier Solana: How to Manage a Changing World -- Index.

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The pursuit for better governance has assumed center stage in developmental discourse as well as reform initiatives of all organizations working for the public welfare, and includes such issues as service delivery and responding to citizens' needs and demands. In the era of globalization, multilevel and new modes of governance are changing the traditional governance models of nation states, accelerated by technological innovation, rising citizen expectation, policy intervention from international and multilateral donor communities, and the hegemony of western ideology imposed on many developing nations. However, a universally accepted and agreed upon definition of 'governance' still remains elusive. There is no consensus or agreement as to what would be the nature and form of governance and public administration. The question that is raised: Is there a universal governance mechanism that fits in all contexts or governance mechanisms should be based on home grown ideas?One can see various programs and policies of reforms and reorganizations in public administration in the developing countries, but these efforts have not been effective to address the challenging issues of economic development, employment generation, poverty reduction, ensuring equality of access to public services, maintaining fairness and equity, security and safety of citizens, social cohesion, democratic institution building, ensuring broader participation in the decision making process, and improving the quality of life. Therefore, there is a widespread concern for better governance or sound governance to bridge the gap between theory and practice, making this book of interest to academics as well as policy-makers in global public administration

Compliance with international best practices in emerging Middle East and North Africa (MENA) stock exchanges is a key issue which needs a comprehensive investigation to identify barriers to actual compliance with such practices. Corporate Governance and Compliance with IFRSs: MENA Evidence is a must read book that is the first to examine the influence of the introduction of corporate governance requirements for best practices on improving compliance with International Financial Reporting Stan

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