The Value Orientation And Theorical Dilemma Of Western Governance Theory

The governance theory is based on the rethinking of traditionally hierarchical bureaucracy mode and spontaneous market mode, which advanced along with the expanding of globalization and the coming out of information society. The rise of governance theory is a signal that we are continuously making hard efforts to pursue a good public life and social order. The value orientation of governance theory lies on that it tries to clear up the absolutely sovereignty of traditional nation-state, emphasizes obviously multi-center governance, goes beyond the traditional confrontation between nation-state and international society,political state and civil society,public sector and private sector,marketing and planning, advocates the procedural technology of negotiation and collaboration among lots of social actors to deal with social public affairs, applies on social capitals such as cooperation,reciprocity and trust to establish a autonomy cooperative network, respects the important role of diversity in good governance, thus makes it be characteristic of post-modernity. But the governance theory also has to confront with several inner theoretic dilemmas, It have great esteem for direct democracy , but representative democracy is still needed; It advocates multi-center governance, but in its post-bureaucracy perspective, bureaucracy can make great effort as an effective organizing method; It makes duty-on-taken very difficulty when rebuilding up the legitimacy; On the other hand, it confronts with the dilemma between feasibility and effectiveness, and faces the possibility of"governance failure"; Finally, the global governance which it pursues doesn't change the essential reality of power politic in international politic ,it also must face lots of obstacles, on the contrary, local governance appears to be more empirical and feasible. In all, deep research on governance theory is in urgent needs , such as the ethic basis of governance and the construction of cooperative regime, etc, are important articles of theoretic research on governance theory.