Summary
Societies can be mapped or modelled in terms of the relationships between institutions, and the ‘social capital’ of a society lies in its institutions and its local networks of trust.
Overarching institutions, in an ordered society, is ‘Government’, made up of deliberative, executive, legal, and police, systems.
These ruling institutions are collectively called governance, defined as the act or manner of, or the system for: ruling or controlling the subjects or citizens of a State; or, conducting the affairs of an organization. The word derives from the Latin ‘gubernator’ and that from a classical Greek word for the person who steers a ship – who is helmsman, navigator and captain.
For additional information
- SPICOSA project System Approach Framework handbook, 2011, www.coastal-saf.eu
Date: 2012-2015
The work presented here has been developed in six case studies of the VALMER Interreg 4A Channel project (2012-2015).
Coordination by M. Philippe, J. Ballé-Béganton and D. Bailly,
based on written contributions from N. Smith, P. Hoskin, W. Dodds, T. Hooper, L. Friedrich, N. Beaumont and C. Grifths