GOVERNANCE

I would suggest that once you've exercised your right to democracy and you've made your selection for government your elected official enters a system of governance..........  more.......

I'm copying and pasting the summary from Wikipedia here for what I believe is generally accepted as the meaning of governance. What are your thoughts on the systems of governance within the UK? These would include the tax office, DWP, police, armed forces, elected councillors and members of parliament etc etc. 

You pay taxes for good governance, are you getting value for your money.  

GOVERNANCE

Governance is the overall complex system or framework of processes, functions, structures, rules, laws and norms born out of the relationships, interactions, power dynamics and communication within an organized group of individuals which not only sets the boundaries of acceptable conduct and practices of different actors of the group and controls their decision-making processes through the creation and enforcement of rules and guidelines, but also manages, allocates and mobilizes relevant resources and capacities of different members and sets the overall direction of the group in order to effectively address its specific collective needs, problems and challenges. The concept of governance can be applied to social, political or economic entities (groups of individuals engaged in some purposeful activity) such as a state and its government (public administration), a governed territory, a society, a community, a social group (like a tribe or a family), a formal or informal organization, a corporation, a non-governmental organization, a non-profit organization, a project team, a market, a network or even the global stage. "Governance" can also pertain to a specific sector of activities such as land, environment, health, internet, security, etc. The degree of formality in governance depends on the internal rules of a given entity and its external interactions with similar entities. As such, governance may take many forms, driven by many different motivations and with many different results. - source Wikipedia retrieved on 24/10/24 -