Conceptualizing Governance in Latin America
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Due to the diversity of interpretations and definitions given in Latin America to the terms gobernabilidad and gobernanza, this paper brings together and compares these definitions with the concepts of the Anglo-Saxon terms: governance and governability. After an anthropological analysis of these concepts, it proposes a definition of governance which could be applied in international cooperation projects for development in Latin America: the collection of all personal interactions in society which contribute to the creation of a common good, in order to resolve social problems or generate new opportunities.
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