Good Local Governance (GLG) Construction: The Relation of Rules, Services and Community Welfare

Abstract

Through a decentralized governance system changes, the term good local governance (GLG), become increasingly important as a new entity of local government. These changes have an impact on the changing roles, patterns, and the nature of the authority of government itself.

Although the decentralized system which followed by a global transformation has been able to generate economic improvements, public services and community welfare at the local level, However many found various obstacles and problems, such as the widespread conflicts of interest among organizational units, the difficulty of coordination between levels of government, the horizontal spread of the conflict between the government and local communities, especially in the electoral process and the establishment of regional leaders.

To local government is able to realize GLG, then the required values ??and norms that are recognized by the local apparatus. Basing the construction of the apparatus, the value of GLG believed officials had relationships with four categories, like: 'the law and rule enforcement'; 'accountability and transparency'; 'excellent service'; nor 'empowerment and community welfare'

Keywords: Social Construction, Good Local Governance,Excellent Service and Community Welfare.