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The word governance comes from a Greek verb “kubernáo,” which means steering and was first used by Plato in a metaphorical sense. It then passed on to Latin as “Gubernar” and many other languages.
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Argüden, Y. (2011). Introduction. In: Keys to Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230348714_1
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