The Role of Good Governance in Enhancing the Quality of Political Decision-Making: An Analytical Study in Light of Contemporary Governance Theories

Abstract

This article examines the interactive relationship between good governance frameworks and the quality of political decision-making, a central issue in contemporary political science. Adopting a comparative analytical approach and drawing on principal–agent theory, public choice theory, and neo-institutional complexity theory, the study argues that governance quality constitutes a key independent variable shaping the efficiency, rationality, and sustainability of political decisions.
The findings suggest that core governance mechanisms—namely transparency, accountability, the rule of law, and participatory pluralism—significantly enhance the quality of informational inputs, reduce corruption within decision-making processes, and reinforce the legitimacy of public policies. The study further identifies structural tensions among the pillars of good governance in contexts of democratic transition, thereby challenging linear models prevalent in the comparative literature.
The article concludes by proposing an analytical framework that reconceptualizes the governance–decision quality nexus through the integration of institutional and cultural contextual variables.