Abstract
The article is a theoretical work and seeks to relate the concept of governance with the structural problems of governability that affect the modern state. The crisis of governability, considered in its broader sociological significance as structural dependence of the state of social dynamics that cannot be controlled by formal political power, is taken as the social reference from which the notion of governance will be developed. The central thesis is that this notion, as well as the various meanings associated with it, is constitutively bound to the pretensions and attempts to regulate the informal power relationships that are established between the state and civil society.
Highlights
The article is a theoretical work and seeks to relate the concept of governance with the structural problems of governability that affect the modern state
The crisis of governability, considered in its broader sociological significance as structural dependence of the state of social dynamics that cannot be controlled by formal political power, is taken as the social reference from which the notion of governance will be developed
The central thesis is that this notion, as well as the various meanings associated with it, is constitutively bound to the pretensions and attempts to regulate the informal power relationships that are established between the state and civil society
Summary
Resumo: O artigo é de natureza eminentemente teórica e busca relacionar o conceito de governança com os problemas estruturais de governabilidade que afetam o estado moderno. A crise de governabilidade, pensada em seu significado sociológico mais amplo como dependência estrutural do estado de dinâmicas sociais que não podem ser controladas pelo poder político formal, é tomada como referência social a partir da qual a noção de governança vai se desenvolver. A tese central é a de que esta noção, assim como os diversos significados a ela associados, está constitutivamente ligada às tentativas e pretensões de normatizar as relações de poder informais que se estabelecem entre o estado e a sociedade civil.
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