Evolution of Governance Paradigms: A Translational Perspective of the Also Changing World

This article aims to examine the evolution of governance paradigms in the dynamic world. The current perspective of public administration as governance has been born as a result of the failure of the New Public Management, failures of national governments to address emerging challenges of the twenty-first century, unprecedented technological advances and the collapse of the state-centred authority among others. This study examines the shifts from traditional public administration to e-governance in promoting public value. This study used a traditional literature review to assess the evolution of governance paradigms as a translational perspective of the changing world. This study’s findings established that governments around the world are shifting from traditional public administration to e-governance which provides a means of increasing their administrative openness, improving public service quality to the citizens, and facilitating government and citizen involvement in various governance processes.