Governance Paradigm Research Articles

Authoritarian nationalism and social work

Despite predictions that liberal democracy was ascendent as a paradigm for governance in the contemporary era, the world has witnessed an alarming rise in authoritarian nationalism. A seeming preference for open and transparent models of plural democratic government has been challenged by the global advance of despotic and repressive regimes that are organized around racial, religious, and nationalist themes. Social work, grounded in the practice and pursuit of human rights, stands in stark contrast to authoritarian nationalism and is called to act through public diplomacy and soft power to counter emergent neo-fascism.

Applying old tools to new challenges: The necessary adaptation of the French and ECtHR judges to emergency as a new paradigm of government

As states of emergency are becoming increasingly pervasive, courts can no longer rely on deferential approaches based on the assumption that emergencies are exceptional and temporary. This article investigates two mechanisms of judicial review in the case law of the ECtHR, French Constitutional Council and Council of State. The first mechanism is the review of the existence of the circumstances justifying the exceptional powers and restrictions on human rights. The second is the misuse of power or détournement de pouvoir doctrine. The article argues that both these elements of judicial review are under exploited while presenting the advantage of being readily available – therefore requiring no judicial creation – and offering strong bases to curb abuses of emergency powers. Examined at two different levels, national and regional, these two lines of reasoning, if deployed appropriately, might inspire further jurisdictions faced with similar emergency challenges. A medida que los estados de excepción se están volviendo cada vez más frecuentes, los tribunales ya no pueden confiar en enfoques deferentes basados en el supuesto de que las situaciones de excepción son excepcionales y temporales. Este artículo investiga dos mecanismos de revisión judicial en la jurisprudencia del TEDH, el Consejo Constitucional francés y el Consejo de Estado. El primer mecanismo es la revisión de la existencia de las circunstancias que justifican los poderes excepcionales y las restricciones a los derechos humanos. El segundo es la doctrina del abuso de poder o détournement de pouvoir. El artículo sostiene que esos dos elementos de la revisión judicial están infrautilizados, al tiempo que presentan la ventaja de estar fácilmente disponibles -por lo que no requieren creación judicial- y ofrecen bases sólidas para frenar los abusos de los poderes de excepción. Examinadas en dos niveles diferentes, nacional y regional, estas dos líneas de razonamiento, si se utilizan adecuadamente, podrían inspirar a otras jurisdicciones que se enfrentan a retos de emergencia similares.

Preposition à la in Public Discourse of German Language

The functioning of the French-origin preposition à la in the modern journalistic corpus of the German language is analyzed. The relevance of the study is due to the lack of linguistic description of this preposition in domestic and foreign German studies, despite its productivity in the German language. Combinations including the preposition à la were identified through a comprehensive sampling method in the DWDS corpus. The authors consider the preposition as synonymous with German derived prepositions that denote “similarity, likeness”: nach Art von, im Stile von, in der Art von, nach dem Prinzip von. It is noted that proper names (à la Agatha Christie) and predicative units (à la “Klinsmann liebt Leipzig”) serve as the main carriers of the preposition, with fewer examples involving concrete, abstract, and animate nouns. A paradigm of variable government for this preposition is proposed. The authors conclude that the choice of case government for the preposition is influenced by the structural characteristics of prepositional constructions, namely the presence / absence of an article or accompanying word after the preposition, as well as the gender and number of the governed noun.

Green resilience: Securing life through vegetal being

This paper critically examines the concept of “green resilience” – the mobilization of gardens and urban green spaces for enhancing the resilience of communities and cities in the face of increasing uncertainty and risk. Drawing inspiration from seminal work in human-plant geographies, it explores the governmental functions and political implications of green resilience, arguing that these spaces serve as key forms of state rule and biopolitical power.The study employs the notion of green resilience as a “composition,” emphasizing the assembling of diverse human and nonhuman actors in resilience projects. The developed compositional ontology highlights the importance of aesthetic and visual practices in green resilience projects and reveals how these are continuously decomposed and recomposed by the involved actors.The paper develops its arguments through a “paradigmatic case study” of various green resilience projects in New York City – including survivor trees, memorial groves, and community gardens. The study illuminates the multiplicity of green resilience initiatives and the underlying governmental logic by comparing these projects. Through its analysis, the paper contributes to the literature on resilience as an emerging governance paradigm. It reveals how green resilience projects embody a multiplicity of practices, uncovers the first comprehensive comparative analysis of various forms of green resilience, and offers a critique of resilience from within. The study concludes by identifying three tensions or contradictions of (green) resilience as a form of biopolitical government: visibility and invisibility, knowledge and ignorance, and control and emergence.

Politics and civil society in regional waste management

Indonesia, like the majority of countries throughout the world, is grappling growing waste management issues. On a national or regional level. As a result, an effective program to limit garbage disposed of in landfills is required. Collaboration between municipal government and civic society is one option. This study examines the pattern of synergy between local government and community organizations in enhancing trash management through the case of coordinating waste management in Garut Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia. We modified the Collaborative Governance Framework and performed in-depth interviews with stakeholders, as well as a search for documentary sources and transect tracing. We gathered qualitative information from stakeholders about their experiences and perceptions of synergy patterns between sub-district trash bank administrators and district governments. The data was analyzed in three stages: data reduction, presentation, and conclusion. The collaborative governance paradigm of Anshell and Alison is applied to data analysis. As a result, it was discovered that the Garut Regency waste bank WhatsApp group offered sub-district waste bank administrators with an effective waste management communication space. Waste managers might be subject to a variety of local government laws. However, because the number of Waste Bank management members is still restricted, it is insufficient to address regional waste management issues.

Governance Models for Non-Profit Organizations: a literature review

Good corporate governance, which influences organizational performance, is the foundation of effective internal control. Adopting a governance paradigm, however, presents difficulties. By identifying and mapping processes and data, Enterprise Architecture (EA) may help with changes. Key Performance Indicators (KPI) provide important indicators for organizational activities. By employing a structured Balanced Scorecard (BSC), management may obtain a comprehensive overview of performance and make informed decisions to improve outcomes. In this article, we will present relevant concepts related to Governance Models, obtained through a comprehensive literature review. The advantages of implementing a suitable governance model and the essential tools for its development are also discussed. We will close with a summary and open research questions.

Harnessing Disruptive Technologies: Influence on Social Awareness of Government Initiatives

Abstract— In an age of rapid technological breakthroughs and shifting governance paradigms, the accessibility and success of government operations rely primarily on communication strategies that bridge the gap between administrative institutions and the populations they serve. Young India has higher expectations, and the government must respond by modernizing public service delivery, especially in health, education, government records, and other social benefits. Understanding the dynamics of how individuals desire to access these initiatives, as well as the factors that motivate or discourage participation, has become critical as governments throughout the world continue to implement new laws, programmes, and services to address a wide range of societal needs. The purpose of this research is to investigate the preferred mode of getting information about government initiatives. It also aims to explore the reasons that encourage and discourage the use of disruptive technology in the context of raising public awareness about government initiatives. Based on the conceptual framework, objectives and hypotheses were generated In order to ensure surveys for this research study. The creation of a structured questionnaire was directed by the study objectives. Inquiries concerning demographics, awareness of government initiatives, and preferred modes of getting information about government initiatives and reasons that encourage and discourage individuals through digital platforms are also included. The data was collected using simple random sampling method. Out of 107 questionnaire received, after data cleaning, 99 questionnaires were found suitable for data analysis. The study included a representative sample of people aged 21 and older from a range of demographic categories. Using SPSS Version 20, the data was examined with the objectives and hypothesis in consideration. Mean, standard deviation, and t-tests were employed to perform statistical and inferential analyses. Levene's independent t-test was performed for the reasons encouraging individuals to learn about various government initiatives through digital platforms. Further, Levene's independent t-test was performed on the reasons that discourage individuals from using digital platforms. The result revealed the reasons that encourage and discourage individuals from using digital platforms. Similar studies to detect futuristic disruptive technological improvements in the sphere of government initiatives may be conducted as the technology scenario unfolds in the future. Keywords— Disruptive technology, government initiatives, social awareness, preferred modes of information.

Building Collaborative Capacity through formalized and Imposed Cooperation: The Implementation of Health Care Communities in Norway

Today, the nexus of ´co-ordination – co-production – co-creation´ constitutes the new political prism through which the ´wicked issues´ of the public sector is re-imagined, and by calling forth new cooperative endeavors stressing shared problem solving, the welfare state might signal a shift in mode of governance from New Public Management (NPM) to New Public Governance (NPG). In this paper we inquire into an empirical example from the Norwegian healthcare sector, namely the implementation of healthcare communities (HCCs).
 Public healthcare is an essential part of the Nordic welfare state model. Being a multi-dimensional policy field, it is notoriously characterized by both ´wicked issues´ and complexity – in terms of service provision, organizing and governing. Often patients require several healthcare services from multiple providers. In Norway, healthcare is organized in two main parts, primary (municipalities) and specialized healthcare (central government). While this division in theory should lead to a clear assignment of tasks and responsibilities, it has built-in challenges of lack of continuity of care and the risk of services being fragmented. Furthermore, the NPM-reforms during the last three decades has contributed to organizational fragmentation. Problems of service and organizational fragmentation has served as a core focal point for several health sector reforms in Norway during the last three decades. The latest reform initiative is the implementation of 19 HCCs, where hospital trusts and municipalities, through imposed and formalized cooperation structures are expected to cooperate, as well as co-plan, service provision, aiming to make better, more efficient services, and give patients a more coherent and seamless experience. 
 We are interested in why and how NPG-inspired ideas of collaboration and co-creation are translated and articulated into the specific institutional context of Norwegian healthcare, and whether the HCC reform imply an actual break with the NPM-logics – or rather represents more of a continuation adding an extra reform layer, so to speak. In this paper the following research question guides our inquiry: In which ways does the HCC reform as an expression of the New Public Government paradigm represent a break or continuation with New Public Management logics in the healthcare sector in Norway, and how are the concepts of co-design, co-creation and collaborative capacity framed and constructed as the remedy for fragmentation by the policy makers?
 
 Methodologically, this paper is based on critical discourse analysis of official documents central in the development of the reform, as well as a qualitative analysis of interviews with central and local actors, in addition to a study of relevant public governance literature.

Enhancing Indoor Environmental Quality and Sustainability in Post-Pandemic Office Settings: A Study on Displacement Ventilation Feasibility

The COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed global efforts toward transitioning to a sustainable society, driving rapid innovation in building technologies, working practices, building design, and whole life cycle environmental impact consideration. In this pursuit, this study explores the enduring impact of these on an alternative ventilation approach for both existing building renovations and new building implementations. Comparing displacement ventilation to mixed-mode ventilation in a Finnish office building with varying occupancy densities, this study examines indoor air quality (IAQ), thermal comfort, total building energy performance, and embodied carbon. The findings reveal that the basic case of mixed ventilation has a specified system primary energy value of 38.83 kWh/m2 (with 28 occupants) and 39.00 kWh/m2 (with 24 occupants), respectively. With the displacement ventilation alternative, it reduces this by 0.3% and 0.1%, enhancing thermal comfort and decreasing turbulence as well as having a marginal decrease in embodied carbon. In general, the study offers three-fold contributions: insights into post-pandemic office mechanical ventilation design with an emphasis on sustainability and ecological footprint considerations, a concrete case study addressing climate action and human-centric IAQ design, and a multifaceted analysis using the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) paradigm, contributing to the groundwork for associated future research and policy progress.

Climate Litigation in a ‘Developmental State’: The Case of China

Abstract Despite the absence of a framework climate law, China’s judiciary has expressed its determination to take climate change litigation seriously. This article argues that the Chinese approach to climate change litigation can be better understood within China’s climate governance paradigm. Primarily understanding climate change as a matter of development instead of a matter of environment or human rights, the Chinese government believes that mitigation and adaptation can only be achieved through a smarter development strategy. The state entrusts the power of making and implementing climate policy to the developmental and industrial departments of the executive branch, allowing them to use macroeconomic measures to transform the structure of energy and industry. If this paradigm persists, Chinese judges are unlikely to condemn carbon majors or require the adaptation of more ambitious climate goals. Instead, the judiciary will interpret statutory law or contracts in light of the state’s climate goals, with the hope of incentivizing industrial upgrades. Despite this approach’s apparent advantages of mainstreaming climate considerations, judges are facing the challenge of employing more sophisticated legal techniques and empirical expertise in respect of the energy system.

Perspectives on Managing State Assets in the Public Service Agency Policies: A Multisite Study at Indonesian Islamic State Universities

Indonesia's policy granted state universities with excellent asset management to manage their business independently. This study explored asset management practices at Indonesian state Islamic universities to reveal and evaluate the asset management practices. This study uses a qualitative research paradigm with a multisite approach. In-depth interviews and non-participant observation, including leaders of public service agencies, finance officials, asset managers, and financial management staff, were used as a data collection strategy. This study's findings indicate unpreparedness and dilemma in managing the university's assets, caused by the mindset of principals trapped in the old-school government paradigm. As they are encouraged to increase their income from asset management, they are also expected to reduce public subsidies. Weak asset management and low contribution to university funding are also present. Public universities must build a paradigm transformation from the government agency to agencification (semi-autonomy), from bureaucracy to entrepreneurship, both in mindset, system, and university management.

Pandemics and Paradigms of Governance: Futures of the Rule of Law in the 21st Century

Is the COVID-19 pandemic truly a pivotal moment in contemporary governance? This question has sparked multifaceted responses and spurred diverse debates and perspectives. On one side of the spectrum, there are those who ardently argue that this pandemic represents an exceedingly rare and profoundly impactful historical juncture, specifically within the domain of law and governance. In contrast, a counterpoint in this debate contends that the pandemic, rather than introducing an entirely new era, has primarily functioned as an amplifier and extension of pre-existing governing paradigms. Additionally, there is a notable contention that the pandemic has invigorated and revitalized social movements with a central focus on challenging established state structures.

The evolutionary journey of the American corporation and its governance over two centuries

PurposeThis study aims to explore the evolutionary trajectory of American corporations and their governance over the past few centuries, using a multidisciplinary investigative approach. The research focuses on the American business landscape because it has played a pivotal role in shaping the field of corporate governance theory and practice.Design/methodology/approachThe author thoroughly investigates archival records, legal documents, academic publications, reputable databases and pertinent literature to unearth valuable insights into the key events that have influenced the evolutionary path of American corporations and their governance throughout history.FindingsDelving into the evolutionary journey of American corporations and their governance reveals a multifaceted narrative, enhancing our comprehension of the impact of the external socio-economic environment, and the effectiveness and limitations of established corporate governance paradigms in addressing such transformations. This introspection establishes the groundwork for ongoing discussions concerning how corporate governance should adapt to meet the evolving needs and expectations of stakeholders and society as a whole, with a specific focus on the pivotal role that boardrooms could play in this regard.Practical implicationsThe insights gained from this analysis offer practitioners a foundational resource to understand corporate governance in a complex business landscape. Armed with this understanding, practitioners can better align governance strategies with both historical context and contemporary requirements.Social implicationsThe research has significant social implications in the sense that history highlights the importance of the society in influencing corporate governance practices. It specifically emphasizes the need for the board of directors to consider both shareholder value and social responsibility, while also fostering public trust and confidence.Originality/valueMany corporate governance concepts are often used with limited understanding of their initial intent, resulting in their unquestioned adoption. In this paper, the author offers a contextual exploration of historical events that have contributed to the development of these diverse corporate perspectives. To the best of the author’s knowledge, there are exceedingly few, if any, papers that present comparably insightful and multidisciplinary insights into the evolutionary path of corporations and their governance, especially within a dynamic and influential market like that of the USA.

Developing Dimensions and Indicators to Measure Decentralization in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

Decentralization holds a significant role in the context of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), with its nature being not a fixed value but a comparative spectrum. Prior research investigating the measurement of decentralization in nations’ governance system provides a foundation for our current study. This research aims to integrate these insights to define dimensions and indicators, tailored explicitly for assessing decentralization levels within DAOs. Then, the article undertakes an examination of the suitability of traditional decentralization measurement approaches within the unique DAO context, employing confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) as our analytical tool based on a total of 44 DAOs. Hence, the results suggest that DAOs have three dimensions for measuring decentralization, ‘political decentralization as a participatory engagement’, ‘economic decentralization as a resource distribution’, and ‘administrative decentralization as the self-governing execution of decisions’. By substantiating the applicability of established decentralization measurement frameworks within the unique context of DAOs, the findings not only enhance the understanding of this emergent governance paradigm but also provide DAO practitioners, policymakers, and researchers with invaluable insights.

Joint Collaboration of the Local Government (Regency, City, and Province) for the Successful Development in East Java Of Indonesia

Objective: This study aims to analyze and describe the Joint collaboration between Local Governments (Regency, City, and Province) in the context of regional development in East Java Indonesia, and evaluate the extent to which the effectiveness of this collaboration is compared to the goals and objectives that have been set. Theoretical framework: Development is defined as an effort or series of planned growth and change efforts carried out consciously by a nation, state, and government, towards modernity in the context of nation development (Siagian, 2005. Conceptual problems of regional development have been answered through a Collaborative Governance approach which involves the participation of stakeholder interests, which have recently been developed by experts who are members of the new paradigm of public government (Osborne, 2010). According to the view of Ansell & Gash (2008), Collaborative Governance is "a governance arrangement in which one or more public institutions collectively directly involve non-state stakeholders in formal collective decision-making processes. Phillips et al. (2000), suggest defining collaboration broadly to cover a wide range of activities and relationships. Following Bardach (1998) who builds on Braun et al. (1996), collaboration is defined as a joint activity, by two or more organizations, that is intended to create public value by working together rather than separately. Method: This type of research is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. This approach was chosen to present data in a systematic, factual, and accurate manner regarding the facts in the field. The qualitative approach itself emphasizes the human element as a research instrument. By emphasizing the human element as a research instrument, it will make it easier to adapt research to the realities that occur in the field. Sugiyono in Pasolong (2020) says that qualitative methods are research methods used to examine natural object conditions, as opposed to experiments, where researchers are key instruments, data collection techniques are carried out in triangulation (combined), data analysis is inductive and the results of qualitative research emphasize meaning rather than generalization. The research location taken was in East Java Province and the research site was the Office of the Regional Planning and Development Agency in East Java Province. Results and Conclusions: The results of the study show that the Regional Development of East Java Province is basically to improve people's welfare based on social justice and is carried out sustainably. Development in an integrated and sustainable manner is oriented toward improving people's welfare. But until now, disparity and poverty are still problems in regional development. Sustainable inclusive infrastructure and economy are a priority for local government policies to reduce regional and socio-economic disparities by increasing inter-regional connectivity. Implications of the research: This study presents policy implications that can be used by local, provincial, and national governments to encourage successful collaboration between regions. The consequences of this strategy could help develop stronger methods for enhancing regional cooperation. Originality/value: This research presents an analysis of the paradigm shift from traditional bureaucracy to post-bureaucracy and how this change affects inter-regional cooperation. The study of bureaucratic paradigm changes in the context of inter-regional cooperation is a new contribution because it can provide a deeper understanding of the evolution of government governance in Indonesia.

Consistency of Public Service Management in Implementing Good Governance in Indonesia: A Case Study in Kendari City

One of the influence factors of Good Governance is the implementation of good public service management organized by the public service in Indonesia. This study aims to analyze the consistency of public service management in implementing good governance in public services in Kendari City. This study employed survey design and collecting data from the respondents who worked in the Public Service Office in Kendari City Government. The number of respondents is about 128 as the primary data using questionnaires. In order to cover the factors of good governance we used six dimensions as follow tangible, reliabilities, responsiveness, courtesy, security and competence. Data analysis was conducted by Structural Equational Model (SEM). The results of this study illustrate that public service management, covering the dimensions of the tangible, reliabilities, responsiveness and dimensions of courtesy shows that partially there is no significant influence on the application of good governance. While the dimensions of the Security and the dimensions of competence partially have a significant effect on the application of Good Governance. Simultaneous test results show that the dimensions of tangible, reliability, responsiveness, courtesy, security and competency together have significant effect on the implementation of Good Governance to Kendari City Government. Changes in the good governance paradigm to new government or electronic government by implementing the technology-based work system and information with the supply of integrated software applications, online-based service systems that can be accessed by all communities or customers. Those are the effort that must be implemented in public organizations in Kendari Cit to improve excellent service and electronic system. 
 
 Received: 25 April 2022 / Accepted: 17 September 2023 / Published: 5 November 2023

Imagining reef futures after mass coral bleaching events

Extreme climate events are dramatically changing social-ecological systems (SESs) and challenging long-standing environmental governance paradigms. How high level governance actors (e.g. decision-makers and those who advise them) imagine the future of SESs can shape what management approaches are pursued and how SESs change. Previous research on climate-induced shifts in governance suggests that: 1) crises can provide windows of opportunity to catalyze transitions, and 2) transitions require governance actors to revisit and reimagine possible management solutions and the underlying purposes and ultimate desired outcomes of resource management. Articulating the multiple visions of system futures that emerge in the wake of a crisis can encourage creative responses to change that can incorporate multiple perspectives and provide space for decision-makers to consider different options for management and potential conflicts therein. However, empirical research is needed to examine how governance actors actually envision future management in the context of a crisis. Here we explore governance actors’ perspectives on future pathways for reef management in the wake of an extreme climate event, and what actions are underway to pursue these pathways. We specifically investigate perspectives after recurrent mass coral bleaching events impacted the Great Barrier Reef through 36 semi-structured interviews with governance actors across the region. Drawing on climate adaptation frameworks and narrative policy analysis, we demonstrate that crises trigger changes in governance actors’ perspectives on the goals and approaches of reef management. However, rather than a single vision emerging in the wake of crisis, we find that multiple, and at times conflicting, visions for the role of management and plausible futures for the GBR are simultaneously shaping the trajectory of coral reef governance. Our findings suggest that transforming governance after crises involves negotiating multiple concurrent visions for social-ecological futures.

Who Runs Public Administration? A Longitudinal Study of Technocratic Ministerial Appointments in Post-Communist Romania (1991–2021)

Starting from the traditional public administration dichotomy ‘power versus knowledge’, concerned with the cleavage between politicians and bureaucrats, this paper’s main purpose is to reframe a classic theoretical model, by placing the spotlight on a new, under-conceptualized public sector actor: the technocrat. Second, the paper performs empirical research starting from an own-build comprehensive database that includes all the ministers appointed in the Romanian Government during a 30-year timeframe (October 1991-November 2021). In spite of being a rather young democracy with a communist public sector legacy, research findings indicate that in Romania we can clearly identify patterns similar to other European countries (primarily Italy), consisting of appointing technocrats to the cabinet. Such nominations are discussed in correlation with the advancements of new theories of democracy and public administration, imprinted with Neoliberalism, New Public Management, and Good Governance paradigms.

Mixed-ownership reform of SOEs and ESG performance: Evidence from China

Practicing the paradigm for sustainable environment, society, and governance (ESG) in the mixed-ownership reform (MOR) of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is a new opportunity for emerging economies to participate in global governance. Therefore, the impact of the MOR on the ESG performance system of SOEs was studied from different measurement perspectives using the panel data (2009-2020) of 643 listed SOEs in China. The results show that the MOR significantly improves the comprehensive ESG performance and that in different branches of SOEs, especially SOEs with large capital scale, large numbers of employees, low degree of financialization, and high environmental sensitivity. In addition, mechanism analysis results show that MOR could stimulate ESG performance through the dual-resource path of capital and labor. However, the management greatly increases its incomes from the improved payroll cost, widening the salary gap within SOEs and leaving the social stratification trap. Further analysis found that the “tunneling” behavior by state-owned major shareholders during the MOR have a U-shaped or J-shaped influence on ESG performance in multiple fields. At the same time, the incentives for ESG performance by non-state shareholders were weakened by financialization, while their appointed directors, supervisors, and senior executives (ADSE) did not stop the behavior of transforming the economy from substantial to fictitious. This paper not only provides empirical evidence on sustainable practices of SOE reforms in countries with emerging economies but also digs deeper into the root causes of risks and resistance. These studies with moral and ethical overtones are overlooked by scholars and stakeholders concerned with MOR.

Exploring The Advantages and Obstacles of Mobile Governance in Kashmir a Comprehensive Study

Mobile governance (m-Governance) has emerged as a new paradigm for governance in many countries, including India. This study investigates the benefits and barriers of m-governance in the context of Jammu and Kashmir. The study used an analytical and documentary method to reach at conclusion. The findings suggest that m-governance has the potential to enhance citizen engagement and participation, increase transparency and accountability, and improve service delivery. The study also highlights several barriers that hinder the effective implementation of m-governance, including the lack of technological infrastructure and expertise, low literacy rates, and limited access to mobile devices and network connectivity, particularly in rural areas. Furthermore, the study identified concerns related to data privacy and security as a significant challenge to the adoption of m-governance. The study recommends that policymakers should take a holistic approach to m-governance by addressing the barriers and challenges while leveraging the benefits of mobile technology. The study recommends that the government should prioritize the establishment of technological infrastructure, providing digital literacy programs, and strengthening data protection laws to address citizens' privacy concerns. The study concludes that m-governance has the potential to transform the governance landscape in Jammu and Kashmir by improving transparency, accountability, and service delivery, but it requires a collaborative effort from policymakers, government officials, citizens, and private stakeholders to overcome the barriers and harness its full potential.