Government versus Governance

Abstract

The concept of governance evokes a more pluralistic pattern of rule than doe’s government and governance is less focused on state institutions, and more focused on the processes and interactions that tie the state to civil society. To be more precise, governance can be further defined as ‘the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens or populations of communities, societies and states. The following definitions are helps to understand governance and finally we can say that governance is “the art of steering societies and organizations.” Governance is about the process of decision and its implementations. If decisions and its implementations are negative for people, it is called poor governance. If decisions and its implementations are positive for people, it is called good governance. Governance is complicated after involvement of multiple actors. These multiple actors are organisations and investors and sometime non-government organisations and civil societies. They articulate their interests and try to influence how decisions are made, who the decision-makers are and what decisions are taken. Decision-makers must translate this input into the decision-making process. Decision-makers are accountable to those stakeholders.Governance can be used in several contexts such as corporate governance, international governance, national governance and local governance. Governance implicates communication between the formal institutions and those in the civil society. Governance refers to a process whereby elements in society use power, authority and influence policies and decisions concerning public life and social upliftment.