The Institutions of Governance. A Framework for Analysis

Abstract

Production governance is not detached from the effects it produces. This paper suggests a framework to assess coordination structures and mechanisms in terms of their ability to include the publics and their interests, and to generate socioeconomic value consistently with those interests. To this end, the framework considers a combination of resource integration mechanisms (contract, authority, cooperation) and structures (markets, exclusive organisational structures, and inclusive organisational structures). These combinations are analysed along key features: information, knowledge sharing ad cocreation, involvement and empowerment, as well as alongside some specific functions of governance (legitimacy, cognition, interdependence). The value added is in identifying criteria for appreciating diverse ways of integrating and coordinating resources, and the associated effects, thus providing both scholars and practitioners with a tool to discriminate amongst alternatives.

The role of traditional leadership in disaster management and disaster risk governance: A case of Ugu District Municipality by-laws

“…With an interest in establishing consistency of the local-level regulatory framework and global frameworks, an enquiry underpinned in the cooperation theory was initiated. According to Catturani and Sacchetti (2017:6), cooperation theory applies in ‘symmetric structures, where actors occupy mutually dependent positions matched by expectations of reciprocity amongst peers’. In contextual terms, the relationship between traditional leaders and municipalities as organs of state should be guided by the cooperative governance principles prescribed in the Constitution .…”