A classification on the concept of governance

Abstract

The governance concept has been come into use within the period started upon the narrowing of nation-state borders. And when it comes to the present day, it fronts us as a concept which “exists in everywhere at the same time” and there isn’t any significant classification in the literature. The purpose of the study is to make a classification on the concept of governance. In the study, the governance concept is addressed in 3 different categories as according to dimension of management, form of implementation and function. Classification according to dimension of management consists of cultural, national and local governance concepts. This distinction indicates the limits of authority transfer of the national or federal governments to global organizations upwards and local governments downwards. Classification based on form of implementation consists of macro-, meso- and micro-governance concepts. Macro-governance focuses on political implementations, whereas meso- and micro-governance are composed of project and plan based implementations. And classification according to function consists of political, economic and institutional governance concepts. Political governance is such as to support achieving the target for economic development. Moreover, the political and economic conditions of a country contribute to the determination of institutional governance environment.