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Who Should Govern

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Who Should Govern

Governing, is one of the major debated frontiers in the world with many nations including Syria and many western Asia countries fighting and the emergent of ISIS makes the matter even harder. Plato, a philosopher in the classical Greece era, made major contributions on who should govern, by advocating republican, aristocracy or monarchy type of government (Cairns, 2017). Karl Marx, a political theorists and German philosopher, idealized governing as an individual’s position determined by his/her production process, consciousness on political and ideology based on class position (Ostrom, 2015). These two philosophers are going to be my focus for the topic to identify who truly should govern.

Political authority and legitimacy are hugely determined by the state affiliations, market bases, expert and the popularity authority of the candidate under leadership. It becomes a contention whether the wealthy and popular individuals in a nation should be the one to govern others or whether governing should be based on the society’s belief on an individual capability to lead. The issue of democracy has been seen to focus governing to the society who are expected to articulate their direction through voting (Cairns, 2017). However, governing has resulted to unpresented conflicts in many nations in the world making it my focus and an area of research.

Politics has been seen as “who gets what, when and how”, making the issue of governing to be teemed with falsehood, confusion and uncertainty. Authority has been competing, and the shifts in development and cultural practices because of globalization has resulted in domestic conflicts and norms in international norms for substantive legitimacy (Ostrom, 2015). Nations all over the world should in cooperate proper authority and governing strategies to advocate for reforms in how their people are governed and encourage development.

Reference

Cairns, H. (2017). Plato's Theory of Law. In Plato and Modern Law (pp. 3-31). Routledge.

Ostrom, E. (2015). Governing the commons. Cambridge university press.