Democracy, Leadership and Governance - Application of Artificial Intelligence: A Machine-Generated Overview

在當今快速變化的政治環境中，民主、領導力和治理與人工智慧（AI）的交集已成為學術研究和實務探索的焦點。本書是一部機器生成的文獻概述，探討在民主過程、領導動態和可持續治理中整合AI技術的機會、挑戰和影響。透過一系列引人深思的章節，讀者將深入了解AI的變革潛力，重新審視審議民主的基本原則，重新定義領導角色，並振興公共服務的提供。本書全面探討民主決策過程、領導力發展和可持續治理的實踐，為學者、政策制定者和實務工作者提供了寶貴的資源，幫助他們在民主、領導力和治理的概念、維度和實踐中導航。本書對知識體系的重要價值增添，為明智的決策和負責任地應用數位技術以促進良好治理鋪平了道路。

K Gireesan is the Director, MIT School of Government, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU), Pune. Previously, he performed in various capacities such as Head, Dept. of Local Governance; Head, Centre for Policy and Action Research, and Faculty Head, Panchayati Raj Institutions and Youth Affairs at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India, Sriperumbudur. He obtained Post Graduate and Doctoral degrees in Public Administration from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He carried out number of research studies for the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. As a national evaluator, he was involved in carrying out monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment studies for the Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Panchayat Raj, Govt. of India in different parts of the country. His areas of interests are: Empowerment of Local Governments and Community BasedOrganisations, Mainstreaming Youth in Governance; Youth in Agriculture; and, Empowerment of Political Leadership. He is engaged in formulation of a 'Constituency Management System', an ICT-enabled Spatial Decision Support System, as a Tool and Strategy to support the political leadership. He is a member of Board of Examiners/ Doctoral Committees in various academic institutions in the country. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Indian Journal of Sustainable Development, Central University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He has published/ edited ten books, research reports and micro-level studies. In addition, he has published several research papers in national/ international journals and edited books.

Jos Chathukulam is the former Professor of Sri. Ramakrishna Hegde Chair on Decentralization & Development, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Bengaluru & currently, Director, Centre for Rural Management, Kottayam, Kerala, India, anda national-level expert on Decentralized Governance and Rural Development. He has wide fieldwork experience throughout the country. He is associated with several consultative committees of the National Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change. He also has an equally good record of publications. His publications have appeared in World Development, UNU- WIDER, International Journal of Rural Management, Public Administration and Development, Journal of Health Management, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, EPW, Gandhi Marg, Mainstream Weekly, Journal of Rural Development, Man and Development, and several others. He was one of the key organizers of the People's Plan Campaign in Kerala and Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) in other states in India. He had administered and evaluated 176 projects covering different parts of the world, including Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan. He has done extensive research ondecentralization and local governance across Indian states, Latin America, and Africa. He is an expert of Devolution Index which is used to compare the rate of decentralization across the Indian states. He is a well-published author.

K Gireesan 是麻省理工學院政府學院的主任，並擔任德里斯瓦納特·卡拉德麻省理工世界和平大學（MIT-WPU）在浦那的職位。之前，他曾在多個職位上工作，包括地方治理系主任、政策與行動研究中心主任，以及印度青年事務與體育部拉吉夫·甘地國家青年發展研究所（RGNIYD）中，負責村委會和青年事務的教學主任。他在昌迪加爾的旁遮普大學獲得公共行政的碩士和博士學位。他為印度人力資源發展部進行了多項研究。作為全國評估者，他參與了印度農村發展部和村委會部在全國不同地區的監測、評估和影響評估研究。他的研究興趣包括：地方政府和社區組織的賦權、青年在治理中的主流化、青年在農業中的角色，以及政治領導力的賦權。他參與制定了一個「選區管理系統」，這是一個以資訊通信技術為基礎的空間決策支持系統，作為支持政治領導的工具和策略。他是國內多所學術機構的考試委員會/博士委員會成員，也是印度可持續發展期刊的編輯諮詢委員會成員，該期刊隸屬於拉賈斯坦中央大學，位於斋浦尔。他已出版/編輯十本書籍、研究報告和微觀層面的研究。此外，他還在國內外期刊和編輯書籍上發表了多篇研究論文。

Jos Chathukulam 是印度社會與經濟變革研究所（ISEC）前任的斯里·拉馬克里希納·赫格德去中心化與發展講座教授，目前擔任喀拉拉邦科泰姆的鄉村管理中心主任，並且是去中心化治理和鄉村發展的全國級專家。他在全國各地擁有廣泛的實地工作經驗。他參與了印度農村發展部、村委會部、環境森林與氣候變化部的多個諮詢委員會。他的出版紀錄同樣出色，曾在《世界發展》、《聯合國大學-世界發展研究所》、《國際鄉村管理期刊》、《公共行政與發展》、《健康管理期刊》、《印度性別研究期刊》、《經濟與政治週刊》、《甘地邊緣》、《主流週刊》、《鄉村發展期刊》、《人與發展》等多個期刊上發表過文章。他是喀拉拉人民計畫運動和印度其他州的村委會發展計畫（GPDP）的主要組織者之一。他管理和評估了176個項目，涵蓋了世界不同地區，包括蘇丹南科爾多凡的努巴山。他在印度各州、拉丁美洲和非洲進行了廣泛的去中心化和地方治理研究。他是用於比較印度各州去中心化速度的去中心化指數的專家，並且是一位出版豐富的作者。