Governance

Definition

Governance refers to the various ways in which a society or an organization is managed or controlled. It includes the processes, systems, and laws used by leaders to ensure order and make decisions.

Related terms

Constitutional Monarchy: A form of government where a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution, whether it be a written or unwritten one.

Democracy: A system of government where power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives.

Autocracy: A system of government in which supreme power over a country is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control.