Introduction: The Philosophy of Good Government, Nikolas KirbyPart I. Public Service: Merit and Value1. Guarding the Guardians: Plato and Constitutionalism for the Good of the Ruled, Melissa Lane2. Confucian Perspectives on Good Governance and Regime Type: Historical Choices and their Contemporary Legacy, Joseph ChanPart II. Public Institutions: Power and Accountability3. Democracy and the Operational Integrity of Government, Mark Philp4. Office Accountability: The Open Texture of Public Institutional Normativity, Emanuela Ceva and Maria Paola FerrettiPart III. Public Will: Compliance and Discretion5.
The Case for Administrative Codetermination, Chiara Cordelli6. Relational Discretion and Good Governance, Daniel EngsterPart IV. Public Control: Non-Domination and Responsiveness7. State, Republic, and Good Government, Philip Pettit8. Good Self-Governance, Leah DowneyPart V. Public Goods: Individual and Collective9. The Administrative State, Inside Out, Cass Sunstein10. Collective Rights and the Obligations of Good Government, Blake EmersonPart VI.
Public Trust: Loyalty and Purpose11. Fiduciary Governance, Nikolas Kirby12. Political Trust, Public Justification, and the Judicial Role, Paul B. MillerPart VII. Public Experience: Explanation, Reasonableness, and Representation13. Explanation and Power: Governing Well with Algorithms, Zeynep Pamuk14. Reasonableness as a Quality of Good Government, Joseph Heath15. Making Government Work: The Recursivity Response, Jane Mansbridge.