Legal Dictionary

Tag: Governance

  • Audit

    An examination and full scrutiny of accounts. The act of so examining and scrutineering accounts implies an informed endeavour to weigh and judge the truth and correctness of the accounts. The act of inspecting and examining implies an informed endeavour to weigh and judge the truth and […]

  • Citizenship

    The state of being vested with the rights and privileges of a citizen. Abrigo v State, 15 S. W. 408, 29 Tex.App. 143.

  • Citizenship

    The state of being vested with the rights and privileges of a citizen. Abrigo v State, 15 S. W. 408, 29 Tex.App. 143.

  • Bureaucracy

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Bureaucracy Meaning of Bureaucracy A government by departments, each under a chief; a word to describe the system used in an invidious sense. Wharton. What does Bureaucracy mean in American Law? […]

  • Communicative Action

    See Also Governance Communication Logic of Appropriateness Organizational Learning Participatory Democracy Political Communication Public Sphere Rational Choice Theory Rationality Reflexivity Sensemaking Social Constructivism Further Reading Honneth, A., & Joas, H. (1991). Communicative […]

  • Agency

    A relation between two or more persons, by which one party, usually called the agent or attorney, is authorized to do certain acts for, or in relation to the rights or property of, the other, who is denoininated the principal, constituent, […]

  • Antiglobalization

    See Also Governance Competition State Global Civil Society Global Governance Globalization Global Justice Global Market Glocalization Marxism Transnational Social Movement Further Reading Bauman, Z. (1998). Globalization: The human consequences. Cambridge and Oxford, UK: Polity Press. […]

  • Brokerage

    Noun agio charge charges commission compensation discount emolument factorage fee recompense remuneration Associated Concepts: agents brokerage business brokerage commissi…

  • Convergence And Divergence

    Convergence and Divergence See Also Governance Asian Financial Crises Capitalism Global Civil Society Political Economy Further Reading Garrett, G. (1998). Partisan politics in the global economy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Hall, P. A., & Soskice, D. (Eds.). (2001). […]

  • American Governance

    See Also Governance Adversarial Legalism Deliberative Democracy Government Performance and Results Act Hollow State New Public Management Privatization Further Reading Beer, S. (1994). To make a nation: The rediscovery of American federalism. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. Hamilton, A., […]

  • Clinical Governance

    See Also Governance Health Care HIV/AIDS New Public Management Science World Health Organization Further Reading Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. (2001). Crossing the quality chasm. Washington, DC: National Academic Press. Department of Health. (1997, […]

  • Confidence-building Measure

    See Also Governance Crisis Management Peace Process Security World Trade Organization Further Reading Ben-Dor, G., & Dewitt, B. (Eds.). (1994). Confidence building measures in the Middle East. Boulder, CO: Westview. Krepon, M., & Sevak, A. (Eds.). (1995). Crisis prevention, confidence […]

  • Confidence-building Measure

    See Also Governance Crisis Management Peace Process Security World Trade Organization Further Reading Ben-Dor, G., & Dewitt, B. (Eds.). (1994). Confidence building measures in the Middle East. Boulder, CO: Westview. Krepon, M., & Sevak, A. (Eds.). (1995). Crisis prevention, confidence […]

  • Consensus Democracy

    See Also Governance Deliberative Democracy Democratic Theory Legitimacy Further Reading Lijphart, A. (1999). Patterns of democracy: Government forms and performance in thirty-six countries. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Mansbridge, J. J. (1983). Beyond adversary democracy. […]

  • Andean Pact

    International Trade Meaning and Definition of Andean Pact Meaning of Andean Pact A regional trade pact that includes Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Related Entries of Andean Pact in the […]