GOVERNANCE

AND
GOVERNING IN
THE PUBLIC
SECTOR
 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE

RULES ORCHASTRATES

and and

CONTROLS MANAGES
 3 DISTINCT ROLES OF
GOVERNMENT:

1.ALLOCATION ROLE

2.DISTRIBUTIONAL ROLE

3.STABILIZATION ROLE
DEFINITIONS OF GOVERNANCE:
♦ The exercise of political power to manage a nation’s affairs. (World Bank,
1989)

♦ Governance comprises the traditions, institutions, and processes that determine

how power is exercised, how citizens are given a voice, and how decisions are
made on issues of public concern. (Canadian Institute on Governance)

♦ Governance is the way in which stakeholders interact with each other in order
to influence the outcomes of policies. (Governance International, UK)
♦ The pattern or structure that emerges in a socio-political system as a common
result or outcome of the interacting intervention efforts of all involved actors.
(Kooiman, 1993)

♦ Governance is the process whereby elements in society wield power and authority,
and influence and enact policies and decisions concerning public life, economic,
and social development. (International Institute of Administrative Sciences, 1996)

♦ Governance is the exercise of political, economic, and administrative authority to

manage a nation’s affairs, it embraces all methods - good or bad – to distribute
power and manage public resources and problems. (UNDP, 1997)

♦ Governance is the manner in which power is exercised in the management of a

country’s social and economic resources for development. (ADB, 2000)
 SEVEN DEFINITIONS OF
GOVERNANCE
Cited by JON PIERRE in his book DEBATING GOVERNANCE

1.Governance as Corporate Governance

2.Governance as New Public Management
 Corporate Management
 Marketization
3.Governance as Good Governance
 Systematic
 Political
 Administrative
4.Governance as an International Interdependence
5.Governance as a Socio-Cybernetic System
6.Governance as the New Political Economy
 For Lindberg- 6 ideal type mechanisms of
governance: markets, obligational networks,
hierarchy, monitoring, promotional networks,
and associations.
 For Lessop – steering multiple agencies
7. Governance as Networks
 FIVE VERSIONS OF
GOVERNANCE
Five areas cited by JON PIERRE

1.ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2.INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND REGIMES
3.CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
4.GROWTH OF NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
5.NEW PRACTICES OF COORDINATING ACTIVITIES
through networks partnerships and deliberative forums