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More Definitions of Governance

  • “It is a means to make acquisitions, to keep them secure, to improve them, and to distribute among the deserved the profits of. improvement. It is on this science of government that the course of the progress of the world depends.” - (Kautilya, c. BCE 320)
  • “Governance is comprised of patterns of rule or practices of governing.” - (Bevir 2009)
  • “Government is the activity or process of governing or a condition of ordered rule by those people charged with the duty of governing (governors) and the manner, method or system by which particular society is governed.” - (Finer 1970)

References and Citations

Bevir, Mark. 2009. ‘What Is Governance?’ In Key Concepts in Governance, 1–30. SAGE Key Concepts. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Finer, S. E. 1970. Comparative Government. London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press.
Offerlé, Michel, and Henry Rousso. 2008. La fabrique interdisciplinaire: histoire et science politique. PU Rennes.
Beck, U. 2003. Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. New Delhi: SAGE, (from the original German publication (1986) of Risikogesellschaft)
Kautilya. c.BCE 320. Arthasasthra. Translated by R. Shamasatry in 1915 Added in 2013. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/Arthasastra_English_Translation.