1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Global and Digital Governance Crossroads Stakeholder Engagement and Democratization
This handbook maps and analyzes cross-sector (public–corporate–social–community–faith) governance theories, models, and practices as they are evolving in a digital world. It studies human, cultural, societal, institutional interactions and challenges in a digitally enabled world, especially in the context of post-crisis resilience and agility. Every global crisis forces societies and nations to realign while addressing deeper structural and cultural issues in governance. The Covid-19 pandemic has necessitated swift local-to-global governance responses for timely digital innovations for health crisis interventions, economic recovery, and societal equity. While every nation-state is developing global pandemic responses in a digitally enabled world, the deeper crisis of human, institutional, and societal governance deficit is also evident. This handbook documents digital governance innovations that enhance stakeholder engagement and inclusion for resilient, accountable, and effective governance across sectors. This volume reflects on a range of theoretical frameworks adapted for understanding global and digital governance. It looks at international governance collaborations; corporate governance reform; education governance innovations; public sector and urban governance; health system governance, sustainability, and environmental governance; community and faith-based governance; and digital, cultural, and creativity governance. This book is unique, as it presents important work on post Covid-19 digital and democratic governance and brings together holistic—interdisciplinary and intersectoral— perspectives from the Global North and Global South, engaging the leading scholars, practitioners, businesses, and civil society. It will be of interest to multi-sector institutions and global audiences: governments, corporates, social sector institutions, digital entrepreneurs, students and researchers, academic professionals, policy-makers, public and private sector institutional leaders, and organizational and entrepreneurial innovators interested in the field of governance.
List of Figures xii List of Tables xiv List of Boxes xv List of Contributors xvi Foreword xxviii Preface and Acknowledgments xxxi Introduction 1 Shailendra Raj Mehta PART 1 Global Democratic Governance 13 1 Promoting Good Governance in a Digital Era: The Case for Deliberative Democratic Evaluation 15 Amy Catherine Jersild and Michael A. Harnar 2 From the Streets to the Boardroom: The Growing Presence of Civil Society in Global Governance 32 John Garrison 3 How Social Movements Are Harnessing Technology to Decentralize Government 46 Bart W. Édes 4 Can Digital Innovations Be a Game Changer for Enhanced Openness, Accountability, and Responsiveness in International Development? 58 Björn-Sören Gigler and Katherine H. Mann 5 Global Environmental and Climate Change Governance 77 John Redwood III PART 2 Corporate Governance 95 6 The Future of Corporate Governance in the Digital Age 97 Jagdish N. Sheth 7 Corporate Board Governance in a Digital World 110 Vijay Viswanathan 8 Digital Brand Governance 119 Sukaran Thakur 9 Grief: The Emotion Human Resources Must Address 133 Abhijit Bhaduri 10 A Conceptual Framework of Brand Co-Governance in the Digital Age 147 Altaf Merchant, Varsha Jain, and Parth Salunke 11 Digital Marketing Development and Governance: The China Model 160 Yan Han PART 3 Education Governance Reform 179 12 The Role of Governance in Opening Up Digital Innovation in Teaching and Learning 183 Diana Laurillard 13 Ed-Tech Revolution Post Covid-19 204 Mayank Kumar, Ronnie Screwvala, and Phalgun Kompalli 14 Governing for Self-Governance in Education 220 Joshua A. Muskin 15 A Flexible Online Learning Innovation: 30/45 + 36/6 MICA Model 243 Shailendra Raj Mehta, Preeti Shroff-Mehta, and Ashutosh Dutt 16 Changing and Unchanging Principles in an Uncertain Age of University Governance: Autonomy, Accountability, and Innovation 253 Beheruz N. Sethna 17 Political Culture and Educational Governance: Covid-19 and the Limits of Decentralization in Israeli Education 270 Gad Yair 18 Governing Global Higher Education and Science: IONAs and Ever-Renewing Webs of Interconnection 281 Ellen Hazelkorn and Andrew Gibson PART 4 Digital, Cultural, and Creativity Governance 297 19 Media and Information Literacy for Post Covid-19 Governance: Promoting Peace and Intercultural Dialogue Through Language and Communication 299 Drissia Chouit 20 A Multilevel Framework for AI Governance 310 Hyesun Choung, Prabu David, and John S. Seberger 21 4P4R Model of Creative Governance 324 Arpan Yagnik, Rodrigo Martínez Romero, and Montserrat Koloffon Rosas 22 Technology-Enabled Self-Governing Models for the Digital World 348 Sandeep Menon 23 The Case for Data as a New Common Good: The Example of Water 361 Jaya Deshmukh and Alessandro Galtieri 24 Leadership and Governance for the Digital Future: The Role of Virtue Ethics 377 Prabu David, Preeti Shroff-Mehta, and Sanjay Gupta PART 5 Health and Environmental Sustainability Governance 395 25 Sustainable Futures: Developing a Governance Framework for Transition in the Fashion Industry and Beyond 397 Sarah Angold 26 Promoting Long-Term Healthy and Sustainable Businesses Through Responsible and Proactive Legal Practice 423 Aimée Girdwood and Christina Bartholomew 27 ESG Maturity Mapping: Sustainability in Legacy, New Age, and Start-Up Organizations 441 Preeti Shroff-Mehta, Sukaran Thakur, Vijay Viswanathan, and Parker Lemal-Brown 28 Health System Governance: Making Health-Care Systems More Accessible and Sustainable 461 K. V. Ramani 29 Climate Change, Health, and Governance: The Ultimate Challenge 476 Henry Falk PART 6 Community and Faith-Based Governance 499 30 Digital Transformation and Democratic Reforms—Religions at Tables: Contributing to Global Governance 503 Katherine Marshall 31 Googling Religious Guidance: Digitally Renegotiated Lay–Ascetic Relations in Contemporary Jainism 515 Dr. Tine Vekemans 32 Five-Dimensional Matrix of Faith-Based Governance 529 Arpan Yagnik 33 Torah Transmission in a Digital Age 541 Barak Cohen 34 Islam and Global Governance 562 Nadereh Chamlou Index 579
Biography
Preeti Shroff-Mehta currently serves as the Professor and Director of Executive Education Program at The Northwestern University—Medill School, USA. She is the Associate Editor for the Journal of Sustainable Marketing (JSM). Her teaching and research focus on Circular Economy and Sustainability, Integrated Marketing Communications, Change Management Leadership, Digital Media Business and Strategy, Luxury Branding, Place Branding, and Women’s Leadership Paths. She is the Senior Advisor for Institute for Development Impact (I4DI), Washington DC—GATES Foundation and MARS INC. supported initiative on Sustainable and Inclusive Global Supply Chains. She has served as Dean of MICA—The School of Ideas (Management, Marketing, Creative Communications) India; and Dean— School for International Training (SIT), World Learning in Washington DC and Vermont, USA. She worked as Director for Democratic Governance and Civil Society Capacity Development with World Learning in Washington, DC, and led international development programs in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America in collaboration with the World Bank, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the United Nations (UN), the Ford Foundation, and many other international agencies. Her academic teaching also includes SAIS—Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland, USA.
Jagdish N. Sheth is Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Business, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, USA. He is globally known for his scholarly contributions in consumer behavior, relationship marketing, competitive strategy, and geopolitical analysis. He has over fifty years of experience in teaching and research at the University of Southern California, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Columbia University, MIT— Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Emory. He is the recipient of all four top awards given by the American Marketing Association (AMA). Additionally, he received the Global Innovation Award and the Marion Creekmore Award, both from Emory University. Dr.Sheth has been an advisor to numerous corporations all over the world. He has authored or coauthored more than 350 papers and numerous books.
John Garrison is an accomplished international development professional with extensive experience in program management, participatory approaches, and strategic communications. He retired from the World Bank in December 2015 after working for twenty years as a civil society specialist, and he continues to work there as a senior consultant. He spent the first five years coordinating outreach to civil society in the Bank’s office in Brasilia, Brazil, was the head of the Bank’s Global Civil Society Team, and worked with the Inspection Panel in Washington, DC.
Shailendra Raj Mehta has just completed a seven-year term as President and Director and Distinguished Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at MICA, in Ahmedabad, India. He is currently the O.P. Jindal Distinguished University Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University and Vice Chairman at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. Earlier, he headed Auro University and Ahmedabad University. Before that, he had stints at Duke CE and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (joint appointment), and Purdue University, where he taught Economics and Strategic Management. He has done extensive research in Entrepreneurship, Industrial Organization, Information Economics, and Experimental Economics. His research has been the subject of a full-length review by The Economist. His work on creating world-class universities has been discussed around the world and profiled in multiple languages. He is rated as one of the top researchers in the field of strategy in India. His BA and MA are from Delhi University (St. Stephen’s College and Delhi School of Economics respectively), his MPhil is from Balliol College, Oxford, and his Ph.D. is from Harvard.
“The Routledge Handbook of Global and Digital Governance Crossroads offers a compelling panoramic view of governance in our digital world. The handbook synthesizes wisdom from around the globe, delivering strategic insights on how to harmonize the needs of diverse stakeholders with emerging digital realities. Bringing together a unique blend of theory and practice, the editors have curated a wealth of knowledge that spans corporate to faith-based sectors, offering a blueprint for stakeholder-driven governance in the twentyfirst century.”
—Jim Lecinski, Marketing Professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and Former Google Vice-President
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—Nicholas Davies, Sustainability Consultant, Former Senior Policy Specialist for UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee
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—Zander Navarro, Sociology Professor and Participatory Governance Researcher, Brasilia, Brazil
“This volume offers fresh perspectives on institutional building that spans across domains, making it relevant to a wide range of experts across sectors and disciplines. This work offers innovative blueprints on good governance in the digital and AI era, much needed if we are to continue our commitment to democratic and global systems.”
—Payal Arora, Utrecht University Professor and Author of the Next Billion Users
“The need to align business objectives with environmental and societal impact has never been greater. As we navigate self-regulation to the EU legislations, data transparency and governance are vital to underpin business operations. This book brings together a great number of insightful interdisciplinary perspectives on the fundamental need for good governance.”
—Shailja Dube, Institute of Positive Fashion Lead at British Fashion Council
“In today’s landscape of global interdependence, strong and consistent governance across borders is key to achieving an equitable and peaceful future. Bringing together such a diversity of authors, all experts in their respective governance fields, provides a uniquely relevant overview and gives me hope that the collaborative leadership I would like to envision can exist in our time.”
—Arizona Muse, American Fashion Supermodel, Global Sustainability Activist, and Founder of Dirt Charity Foundation
“This unique and timely Handbook will expand our comprehension of the interplay of critical themes at the core of how our world is governed. Across a range of key sectors and levels, its authors masterfully integrate theoretical and practical insights, from their own work, to offer us smart tools and strategies for achieving human-centered development that is inclusive and equitable, while addressing the downside of the digital revolution.”
—Jeff Thindwa, Former Manager for Open and Collaborative Governance at the World Bank
