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
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PODCAST: Why populism? Why here? Why now?
26 Sep 2019Are we living through a populist moment, or is the term just a journalistic cliché?
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Tax and fragile states: Challenges for Norwegian development assistance
10 Sep 2019States need revenue to function and an efficient tax system plays an important role. Can Norwegian development assistance contribute to this?
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New CADGAT Data Reviews on 261 Belt and Road (BRI) Projects in Central Asia
28 Aug 2019One of the main observations from the research is that nobody really knows what a BRI project is and what it is not.
Publications about governance
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Governance Entrepreneurs as Spoilers in Nordic Defence Cooperation
The deteriorated security situation in Europe has contributed to a renewed focus on Nordic defence cooperation. Recent political statements indicate an increased interest among the Nordic states to strengthen regional security cooperation in times of peace, crisis and conflict. Nonetheless, the main... -
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Står den liberale epoken for fall?
201930 years after the fall of the wall the world is more about continuity than change. -
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State-owned Enterprises and the Trade Wars
2019Do state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and state capitalism create unfair competition in international markets? Empirical evidence surveyed in this brief suggests that from the turn of the century, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) indeed started competing increasingly with private firms, trading across borders...
Research projects about governance
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Research project
Preventing Violent Extremism in the Balkans and the MENA: Strengthening Resilience in Enabling Environments (PREVEX)
2020 - 2023 (Ongoing)The overarching objective of PREVEX is to put forward more fine-tuned and effective approaches to preventing violent extremism.
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Foto: NTB Scanpix
Research projectSTRONGER POSITION: China is changing, strengthening and expanding its engagements. The image shows a meeting between World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping in July 2018.
China and Multilateral Development Banks (KINMDB)
2018 (Completed)How and why is China strengthening its position in the major development banks?
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Research project
Common Fear Factors in Foreign Policy (COMFEAR)
2019 - 2020 (Ongoing)COMFEAR aims to identify key issues of common concern and shared threats as perceived by publics and policymakers in Czechia and Norway.