[governance] Important concept

[Dmitry Epstein]

Hello,

Sandra Braman, in her excellent book "Change of State" (2009), makes a
distinction, which I think can be helpful here.

She distinguishes between “*government *(formal institutions of the
law); *governance
*(decision-making with constitutive effect whether it takes place within
the public or private sectors, and formally or informally); and
*governmentality
*(cultural predispositions and practices that produce and reproduce the
conditions that make particular forms of governance and government
possible)” (p.3).

Best,
Dmitry





On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Kerry Brown <kerry at kdbsystems.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> http://blog.cira.ca/2013/12/the-panel-on-the-future-of-global-internet-cooperation/
> > >
> > > "In the political world, the term ‘governance’ is loaded, and
> > > carries with it ideas of power and authority, certainly not the
> > > same meaning that we in the Internet world have given it. Are the
> > > terms coordination and administration more helpful moving forward?"
> >
> > I have always felt so.
> >
> > > The above statement really struck a chord with me. It gets at the
> > > heart of the current tension between governments, commercial, and
> > > civil society interests. If we changed to speaking about
> > > coordination and administration rather than governance it may may
> > > facilitate more productive conversations from all the concerned
> > > parties.
> >
> > The I*'s used those words (the 4 C's) Collaboration, Communication,
> > Cooperation and Coordination around admin of tech resources during
> > WSIS. It didn't seem to catch on as a meme outside of the folk who
> > were actually doing the 4 C's.
> >
> > Doesn't mean we can't try again.
>
> What about those aspects and public interest concerns which are part of
> Internet Governance in the sense of the WGIG/Tunis Agenda working
> definition, but which don't fit into “coordination and administration”
> or into “Collaboration, Communication, Cooperation and Coordination
> around admin of tech resources”?
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
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