Goverment vs governance

Governance vs Government

•Determines who has power (authority), who makes decisions, how other players make their voice heard (decision-making) and how account is rendered

Governance

GOVERNANCE

The exercise of POLITICAL, ECONOMIC and ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY in the management of

POLITICAL AFFAIRS. (NEDA, 1998)

GOVERNANCE

Decision-MakingAuthority Accountabilit

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1. POLITICAL GOVERNANCE

2. ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE

3. ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNANCE

4. ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE

REQUIREMENTS OF GOOD GOVERNANCE

TRANSPARENCY

ACCOUNTABILITY

PARTICIPATORYSUSTAINABILITY

LEGITIMACY

EFFICIENCY AND

EFFECTIVENESS IN THE USE OF RESOURCES

GOVERNMENT•Essential instrument or machinery of the state that carries out its will, purposes and objectives•Through this, the state maintains its existence and carries on its functions.•An institution by which society’s needs for social services are satisfied and by which men’s conflicting interests are reconciled.

•Most advanced of human relations. It dispenses the various services that the complexities of civilization require or make desirable. It is designed to keep in balance the various competing forces present in any society to satisfy the dominant, contemporary demands made upon it. As a result it serves a high purpose; it is the cohesive quality in civilization.

Purposes and objectives that the government seeks to attain

1.Domestic order and tranquility2.Common defense of the state3.Blessings of liberty and peace4.Promotion of general welfare5.Promotion of public morality

ABSTRACT

What is the main difference between governance and government?

APPLICATION

Imagine a country without a government. What would it look like?

ASSESSMENT

Given your learning in governance, distinguish bad and good governance based

on the picture.