Subject(s): Legitimacy of governments. -- Corporate governance. -- Public administration -- Theoretical foundations of governance : Collective action theory, organization theory, public management theory, planning theory, state theory, democratic theory, public law and regulatory theory, development theory, international relations theory -- Basic theoretical concepts : Hierarchy, network, public participation, representation, deliberation, power, legitimacy, accountability, transparency, learning, innovation, risk, soft and hard governing tools -- Theoretical modes of analysis : Information-based governance theory, discourse theory, institutional theory, public choice theory, economic theory, governmentality, complexity theory and systems analysis, narrative and interpretive theory, pragmatism, normative theory -- Forms of governance : Democratic network governance, regulatory governance, network governance , collaborative governance, private governance, urban and regional governance, multi-level governance, EU and supranational governance, transnational economic governance, metagovernance, adaptive governance