Theme

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

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
Tax and fragile states: Challenges for Norwegian development assistance
10 Sep 2019
- - Frida Kvamme
States need revenue to function and an efficient tax system plays an important role. Can Norwegian development assistance contribute to this?

Economic growth Development policy International economics South and Central America Africa Sårbare stater Nasjonsbygging International organizations
New CADGAT Data Reviews on 261 Belt and Road (BRI) Projects in Central Asia
28 Aug 2019
- - Roman Vakulchuk
One of the main observations from the research is that nobody really knows what a BRI project is and what it is not.

Russia and Eurasia Asia Styring Regional integrasjon Economic growth Internasjonale investeringer Utenrikspolitikk

All news about governance (total 51)

Publications about governance

Publication : Popular scientific article
Kreml og den liberale idéen
2019
- - Minda Holm
How radical is Kremlin's anti-liberalism?
Security policy Russia and Eurasia Styring
Publication : ARTIKKEL_FAG
Voting for development? Ruling coalitions and literacy in India
2019
- - Francesca R. Jensenius
Across the world, governments skew the distribution of state resources for political gain. But does such politicisation of resource allocation affect development trajectories in the long run? We focus on the long-term effects of voting for the ruling coalition on primary education in India. Using a close-election...
Development policy Styring Asia
Publication : KRONIKK
Election 2019: Empowering women, without women?
2019
- - Wrenn Yennie Lindgren
Japan’s government has put women’s empowerment high on its agenda – but women remain poorly represented in politics, and that shows few signs of changing, writes Wrenn Yennie Lindgren in this op-ed.
Asia Styring