Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Governance" in English language version.
Governance refers, therefore, to all processes of governing, whether undertaken by a government, market, or network, whether over a family, tribe, formal or informal organization, or territory, and whether through laws, norms, power or language. Governance differs from government in that it focuses less on the state and its institutions and more on social practices and activities.
Plato used the term κυβερνητική in the Georgias, the Laws and the Republic, in order to refer to the 'art of navigation' (or proper steering) of a community. Plato was referring to the political art of governance.
[...] even national-scale public sector administration can be organized democratically (while seeking consensus and cooperation) [...].
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