governability
- noun
- /ˌɡʌvərnəˈbɪləti/
- Formal
:
gobernabilidad
- Building democracy requires careful attention to issues of governability, conflict resolution, and representation—all of which require strong, stable institutions.
- crisis of governability
- governability problems
- issues of governability
And I said, well, we have something which is very scarce in today's world, governability, the ability to govern.
- And I said, well, we have something which is very scarce in today's world, governability, the ability to govern.
Examples
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Social disorder, in turn, signals a decline in governability.
Academic text (2003) -
A crisis of governability has engulfed the world's most advanced democracies.
Academic text (2012) -
Consider the problem of governability in Panama today.
Academic text (1993) -
Perhaps the most devastating impact on governability, however, came from the reforms in the tax and fiscal areas.
Academic text (1998) -
Thus, although Mexico has gained democratic pluralism, it may lose governability in the process.
Academic text (1999) -
In the 1970s, too, critics discerned a crisis of governability.
Academic text (1994) -
Europe's crisis of governability, meanwhile, is taking the form of a renationalization of its politics.
Academic text (2012) -
As they receive serious attention, more substantive public policy issues will be easier to resolve, and governability will be facilitated.
Academic text (1998) -
Varying problems of governability and crises of legitimacy characterize country after country in Central America and all of Latin America.
Academic text (2000) -
The governability of the nation improved after the introduction of effective policies.
Synonyms
1
5.1
How easy something is to control or look after
How easy something is to control or handle
Antonyms
- Formal
1
8.9
A situation where people are very hard to control, like a crowd or class
How Governable
Surface Forms
Morphology
governability = governable (transparent) = govern + ity
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to 'governable', yielding the state or quality of being able to be governed.
Etymology
Governability comes from the verb govern plus the parts -able and -ity. The verb govern goes back to an old Latin word gubernare meaning 'to steer', like steering a ship, and the same root appears in government and governor. So governability is the quality of how easily a country or system can be 'steered' or managed by those in charge.