I still have problems with governance, because the word just resonates “government” in my head, which is something that I don’t find interest in.
I learned there are times, however, when a response to government is a form of governance itself.
I considered ourselves blessed, no placed with grand planning of some being to have been in Turkey in the window of twelve days in which the Taksim protests were happening.
Walking amongst passionate but peaceful protestors was the most invigorating and real event of my week in Turkey.
I think it’s because all that was happening in the snow globe of madness around me as we snaked through thousands of protestors and flapping Turkish flags struck me to a nervous core.
Taksim captured a portion of the country who identified with Ataturk yet declared the government, who also claims Ataturk, as being too conservative. They also believe the government is directed toward economic success through Western appeal instead of putting money and power in the hands of the Turks in a way that would improve their social, financial and cultural values unique to themselves.
This aspect of the situation ties in the second half of the keyline title, which is globalization. As our world’s boundaries fizzle out, there is a growing revolt to somehow stop up the flood of influences so cultures and nations can refocus on their own needs instead of playing keeping up with the Jones’ with the West.
So bringing it all together, my change of thinking resonates within government as a living organism within the society.
As politicians pass policies, people respond and then those who oppose the responders respond, such as our boat tour guide calling the Taksim protestors stupid. It all rolls into a cause and effect tangle, which I now see as governance.
As these actions and reactions occur within and without the official governmental buildings, it’s all a ripple in the globalizing tapestry of nations as they begin to interweave both in thinking, goals, and success measurements.
In my eyes, government is no longer the formal and official. It’s an all in one, and it’s tumbling within globalizing systems.
**Excerpt from my “Last Words” assignment after the trip. Governance is one of our keylines for analyzing and studying the 21st century.
I learned there are times, however, when a response to government is a form of governance itself.
I considered ourselves blessed, no placed with grand planning of some being to have been in Turkey in the window of twelve days in which the Taksim protests were happening.
Walking amongst passionate but peaceful protestors was the most invigorating and real event of my week in Turkey.
I think it’s because all that was happening in the snow globe of madness around me as we snaked through thousands of protestors and flapping Turkish flags struck me to a nervous core.
Taksim captured a portion of the country who identified with Ataturk yet declared the government, who also claims Ataturk, as being too conservative. They also believe the government is directed toward economic success through Western appeal instead of putting money and power in the hands of the Turks in a way that would improve their social, financial and cultural values unique to themselves.
This aspect of the situation ties in the second half of the keyline title, which is globalization. As our world’s boundaries fizzle out, there is a growing revolt to somehow stop up the flood of influences so cultures and nations can refocus on their own needs instead of playing keeping up with the Jones’ with the West.
So bringing it all together, my change of thinking resonates within government as a living organism within the society.
As politicians pass policies, people respond and then those who oppose the responders respond, such as our boat tour guide calling the Taksim protestors stupid. It all rolls into a cause and effect tangle, which I now see as governance.
As these actions and reactions occur within and without the official governmental buildings, it’s all a ripple in the globalizing tapestry of nations as they begin to interweave both in thinking, goals, and success measurements.
In my eyes, government is no longer the formal and official. It’s an all in one, and it’s tumbling within globalizing systems.
**Excerpt from my “Last Words” assignment after the trip. Governance is one of our keylines for analyzing and studying the 21st century.
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