Rooting Democracy in Good Governance: An ISM Approach
Keywords:
Democracy, Good governance, ISM, SEM, Interpretive Structural ModelAbstract
Democracy offers a promising system of accountability and citizen-centric governance in place. More than a system of governance, it refers to a way of life, a social structure, a method of establishing social and economic ties, and most importantly, a set of moral principles. Effective collaboration between the government and the populace leads to good governance. But it can be held that, we cannot have good governance in place without democracy. The article demonstrates through the Interpretive Structural Model (ISM) approach that “democracy and good governance are symbiotic and complement each other” heavily lean toward the assumption of “can’t’ have democracy without good governance.”
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