Quality of Governance and Measurability of Governance

Year 2015, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 81 - 100, 11.08.2015

Ebru Canıkalp İlter Ünlükaplan

Abstract

Governance which came to prominence at the end of 1980s, is defined as "the exercise of economic, political and administrative authority to manage a country’s affairs at all levels. It comprises the mechanism, processes and institutions through which citizens and groups articulate their interests, exercise their legal rights, meet their obligations and mediate their differences" in United Nations Development Programme. While governance concept comes to the question with studies made by international institutions in order to measure it, quality of governance brings in literature as well. Quality of governance is defined as authorities affect on citizens quality of life. In this study, measurability of governance is examined with variety international institutions quality of governance index and indicators.

Keywords

Quality of governance, measurability of governance, governance indicators

Yönetişim Kalitesi ve Yönetişimin Ölçülebilirliği

Abstract

1980’li yılların sonuna doğru önem kazanan yönetişim kavramı, Birleşmiş Milletler Kalkınma Programı’nda "Bir ülkenin her düzeydeki ilişkilerini yönetmesinde ekonomik, siyasi ve idari otoritenin uygulanması ve bu uygulamada vatandaşların ve toplumsal grupların çıkarlarının sağlanması ve yasal hakların kullanımı için gerekli mekanizmaların, süreçlerin kapsanması" olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Kavramın artan önemi ve uluslararası kurumların kavramı ölçmek için yaptığı çalışmalar, yönetişim kalitesini literatüre kazandırmıştır. Yönetişim kalitesi ise, yönetişim tanımında ifade edilen otoritenin, vatandaşların yaşam kalitesinde oluşturduğu etki şeklinde ifade edilebilir. Çalışmada, çeşitli uluslararası kuruluşların yönetişim kalitesi endeksleri, göstergeleri ile kavramın ölçülebilirliği incelenmektedir.

Keywords

Yönetişim kalitesi, yönetişimin ölçülebilirliği, yönetişim göstergeleri

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