Governance

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  • noun. The action, manner, or power of governing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Government; exercise of authority; direction; control; management.
  • noun. Behavior; manners.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.
  • noun. The specific system by which a political system is ruled.
  • noun. The group of people who make up an administrative body.
  • noun. The state of being governed.
  • noun. Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of governing; exercising authority
  • noun. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
  • Word Usage
    "In this context I would like to mention such important issues as: the responsibility of the members and structures of our movement and the broad democratic movement to defend the democratic state and its institutions; respect for the institutions of the democratic state by members and supporters of our movement; respect for the institutions of the democratic state and public property owned by the people as a whole, during the exercise of the entrenched democratic right to engage in public demonstrations; the use of force during public demonstrations and mass protests resulting in such unacceptable actions as violent assaults against the people, intimidation in various forms, looting and destruction of property; the deepening of popular participation in governance through such interventions as the Ward Committee system and the Izimbizo process; the constituency work of our public representatives at national, provincial and local levels, and its relevance to the process of democratisation; the place of civic street committees and similar structures, as well as non-governmental and community based organisations in the process of deepening our democracy; the concerns raised by the media about restrictions to the freedom of the press, as well as issues that relate to the responsibility and public accountability of the media; and, the full integration of the institution of traditional government within our democratic system of governance�."
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