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Governance:
  • What It Is and Why We Should Care


  • Tony Angiletta, Morrison Curator for the Social Sciences
  • Updated 17 February 2006
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Some Definitions & Bibliographies
  • OED
  • “By governance, we mean the processes and institutions, both formal and informal, that guide and restrain the collective activities of a group. Governance…by governments and…international organizations…private firms, associations of firms…NGOs…and associations of NGOs.” Nye & Donahue.
  • Governance bibliography
  • UNCRD bibliography
  • Center for the Study of Global Change
  • International Institute for Sustainable Development
  • Governance themes


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Some Definitions & Bibliographies Google Scholar entries for Governance
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Governance Activities
(Nye and Donahue, Governance in a Globalizing World, p.13)
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Some associated terms
  • Globalization
  • Neo-liberalism
  • Liberalization
  • Democratization
  • Privatization
  • Cosmopolitanism
  • Sovereignty
  • Civil society
  • Statism or state-centric
  • Globalization from below vs. globalization from above
  • Global governance
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Governance Indicators
  • World Bank Institute
  • Smart Indicators
  • Transparency International Corruption Index
  • Freedom House Index of Freedom
  • Second-generation Governance Indicators
  • Social Capital and Governance
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Governance Indicators (cont’d)
  • “Failed States” index


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Stanford Indexes and Full-text
  • EconLit
  • SSCI
  • WPSA
  • Policy File
  • CIAO
  • JSTOR
  • ProQuest Social Science Module
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Stanford resources and beyond
  • Academic Universe/Lexis-Nexis
  • Business Source Premier for “corporate governance”
  • Alternative Press Index and IDS
  • Governance  journal
  • UNHCR
  • Scout Report
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Stanford resources and beyond
  • Brookings Institution. Governance Research Topics.
  • Stanford Institute for International Studies (SIIS). On governance.
  • IFPRI. “Good governance vs. Bad governance”.