The social contract is a complex concept which emphasises location of society in formulating the rules, institutions and outcomes seen as central to the achievement of progressively improving public value and social resilience. The idea of a social contract is argued to make sense in the large and diverse societies that have emerged in the twentieth century and beyond. The concept seeks to address the processes by which large complex societies reach consensus on social goals. Any failure to address the social contract, it is argued, will result in social segmentation, disharmony, violence and fragility. Assignment This assignments has two parts. First, provide a critical review and possible synthesis of the relationship between the idea of governance and the idea of the social contract. Second, apply this synthesis to a country context of your choosing, where you examine value of the conceptual frameworks in explaining the general country trajectory. Relationship between governance and social contract i.e what is governance, what is a social contract ? How does governance impact on social contract ? How a social contract can enhance/create public value