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Governance

Governance is about which political institutions a society have, the processes these are involved in, and their governing behavior.

A country is deemed to be ‘democratic’ if the political leadership is chosen by means of free elections – but to qualify as a true democracy, there must also be a well-functioning legal system and respect for human rights.Contrary to democracies we have dictatorial or authoritarian countries. The less authority citizens in a society wield, the more authoritarian the country is deemed.

At NUPI, research on governance examine various forms of government to understand better the ways in which countries may be authoritarian or democratic, as well as the consequences of different types of governance for the economy and living conditions.

Questions in focus include:

Why do democratic states less often go to war with each other?
What can influence the economy to shift from an authoritarian to a democratic form of governance?
Why is famine less common in democracies?

News about governance

Common fears, common opportunities?

5 Mar 2020

How do Czechia and Norway assess and respond to a changing international political context?

Security policy Defence Terrorisme og ekstremisme Diplomacy Styring Utenrikspolitikk NATO Europe Regional integrasjon Diplomati og utenrikspolitikk Forsvar og sikkerhet Global styring
Key climate research severely underfunded
7 Jan 2020
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
Researchers from NUPI and the University of Sussex analysed USD 1.3 trillion of research funding. From 1990 to 2018 only 0.12% of the funding was spent on a critical issue: how to change societies to mitigate climate change.

Styring Climate Energy
PODCAST: Why populism? Why here? Why now?
26 Sep 2019
- - Endre Stangeby
Are we living through a populist moment, or is the term just a journalistic cliché?

Europe The EU Styring North America Nasjonalisme

All news about governance (total 53)

Publications about governance

Publication : Academic article
Political Change, Women’s Rights, and Public Opinion on Gender Equality in Myanmar
2020
- - Francesca R. Jensenius
Myanmar’s introduction of competitive elections after decades of military rule raised expectations for progress in economic and social development, including in the area of women’s rights. In this paper, we draw on data from two national surveys, interviews, and existing qualitative studies to explore...
Human rights Styring Humanitarian issues
Publication : Report

Ten Years On: Reassessing the Stoltenberg Report on Nordic Cooperation

2019
Ten years ago, the report ‘Nordic cooperation on foreign and security policy’ was presented to the Nordic foreign ministers at an extraordinary meeting in Oslo, Norway. Penned and fronted by Norway’s former foreign minister Thorvald Stoltenberg, the report proposed thirteen ways in which Nordic cooperation...
Utenrikspolitikk Security policy Styring Norden
Publication : Academic article
Den flerhodede dragen – Mot en ny modell for kinesisk utenrikspolitikk?
2014
- - Magnus Langset Trøan
Societal development in China in the past few decades has made pluralism a central feature in the way Chinese policy is decided and implemented. Old formal actors are now facing competition from new, informal actors in both public and civil spheres. As a consequence, China’s formal foreign policy is...
Security policy Diplomacy Utenrikspolitikk Asia Conflict resolution Nasjonalisme Styring