Governance as Stewardship:

The notion of stewardship, drawn from the literature of management and organization in the United States, may offer a useful window into this broader understanding of governance. Stewardship depends on a willingness to be accountable for results without using control as the means to reach them. This demands a choice for service with partnership and empowerment as basic governance strategies. Stewardship, then, requires decentralization that goes beyond administrative and financial measures to a dimension of political power sharing that enhances civil society. Or, as stated by U.S. President Clinton, “Empowerment means not only having choice but having the capacity to exercise that choice.”