governance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.
The specific system by which a political system is ruled.
The group of people who make up an administrative body.
The state of being governed.
Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights.

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governance governances gouvernance gouvernaunce governaunce

From Middle English governaunce, from Old French gouvernance, governance, equivalent to govern + -ance.

administration government management statism

cybernetics

cogovernance co-governance cybergovernance e-governance global governance malgovernance metagovernance misgovernance self-governance

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