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Governance: Governance is the process of making and enforcing decisions within an organization or society. It is the system by which power is exercised and controlled. Governance includes the rules, processes, and institutions that guide decision-making. See also Government, Community, Society, Politics, Institutions._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Locke on Governance - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 249 Governance/Locke/Höffe: Locke's political theory begins with a definition of the guiding concept: political power(1). According to it, the state has both civil law jurisdiction, namely to create laws to regulate and maintain property, and criminal law jurisdiction. Within the framework of legitimate sanctions, it even allows the death penalty. >Property/Locke, >Social Contract/Locke, >State/Locke. 1. J. Locke, Second treatise of Government, 1689/90_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Loc III J. Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |