• Corpus ID: 15458343

Conceptualizing the New Governance : A New Institution of Social Coordination

@inproceedings{Lee2003ConceptualizingTN,
  title={Conceptualizing the New Governance : A New Institution of Social Coordination},
  author={Myungsuk Lee},
  year={2003}
}

• Myungsuk Lee
• Published 2003
• Political Science

The term governance is widespread in characterizing both global and local arrangements, especially reformed ones. Because of its strong intuitive appeal, precise definitions are seldom thought to be necessary. As a result, when we identify governance as important factor to achieve policy or organizational objectives, it may be unclear whether the reference is to organizational structures, administrative processes, systems of incentives and rules, administrative philosophies. Due to this ambiguity, most of administrative reforms driven by the logic of governance are likely to be rhetoric rather than substantive. This paper attempts to; (i) review various definitions of governance; (ii) discuss the logic of governance; and (iii) clarify the definition of governance, and the New Governance. The conclusions of this paper are: (i) governance can be defined as an 'institution of social coordination'; (ii) the New Governance is an 'institution' of social coordination based on the logic of co-steering and network; and (iii) the logic of the New Governance is identical to that of democratic administration.