Field, power, and order are fundamentally interconnected concepts. Drawing upon the intellectual genealogy of field theory, this paper advances the core proposition that “the field is inherently powerful, as force is embedded within it”, thereby addressing the central question of how social order emerges. Trading, as a voluntary act, enables participants to fulfill mutual needs through exchange. Within this process, generalized rules emerge organically: price signals autonomously regulate behavioral boundaries, giving rise to a spontaneously generated economic order. This self-regulating order emerges from the “presence” of economic forces, namely the “invisible hand”. In many public spaces, individuals enjoy free access but remain independent rather than interdependent. While they interact, they do not rely on one another as existential conditions, often leading to conflicts. Such interactions rarely produce spontaneous order through mere co-presence, necessitating intervention by public power as the “visible hand”. A field that requires governance by an external authority beyond the involved parties can thus be defined as the “governance field”. The emergence of governance order depends on the distribution and transformation of power within the “field”. By introducing field theory into governance analysis and conceptualizing the “governance field”, we emphasize that the formation of governance order is a complex and evolving process.

field, governance field, public power, governance order, “visible hand”