governability
Capacity for control
Governability is the quality of being governable—how readily a group, institution, or territory can be administered or controlled.
Political scientists discuss the governability of states emerging from conflict, or whether certain conditions make a population more or less amenable to central authority.
The region's ethnic divisions raised questions about its long-term governability.
Supreme independent authority
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- consentVoluntary agreement given
empowerment · delegation · autonomy · accountability · enforcement · arbitration · adjudication · precedent
Official rules governing conduct
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
coordination · enforcement · steering · direction · command · constraint · restraint · calibration
State of balance
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
- steadinessState of being constant
- durabilityResistance to wear
- securityProtection from threat
permanence · reliability · dependability · resilience · sustainability · predictability · continuity · order
Official enactment of statutes
- democracyRule by the people
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
policy · bureaucracy · voting · constituency · representation · partisanship · federalism · decentralization
Organizational oversight and control
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- functionalityPractical operational capacity
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- systematizationCreating ordered structure
adaptability · flexibility · handling · operability · scalability · tractability · simplicity · streamlining
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
consent · empowerment · delegation · autonomy · accountability · enforcement · arbitration · adjudication · precedent · intervention
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
supervision · coordination · enforcement · steering · direction · command · constraint · restraint · calibration · modulation
equilibrium
State of balance
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
- steadinessState of being constant
- durabilityResistance to wear
security · permanence · reliability · dependability · resilience · sustainability · predictability · continuity · order · legitimacy
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- democracyRule by the people
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
coalition · policy · bureaucracy · voting · constituency · representation · partisanship · federalism · decentralization · devolution
administration
Organizational oversight and control
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- functionalityPractical operational capacity
- organizationStructured group with purpose
systematization · adaptability · flexibility · handling · operability · scalability · tractability · simplicity · streamlining · practicability
governabilityanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
chaos · lawlessness · disorder · unruliness · failed state
governabilityungovernability
Impossible to control
intractability · unruliness · unmanageability · recalcitrance · rebelliousness
govern, government, governor, governing, governed, governance, governors, governmental, governable