ABSTRACT
This chapter examines governance, which the authors define as the "production of order". This definition makes it clear "governance" is not just about practical, "how questions" (control and coordination) or the outcomes associated with a social system. To use a simple, but also rich metaphor, governance is not just about playing a game within the rules. It involves setting up or changing the rules which make the game work in the way it does. Conventionally there are three governance modes: hierarchies, markets and networks. These produce order – using our definition of governance – because they shape how resources are allocated in a social system. Governance modes feature in both private and public sectors of course, but one reason they are helpful in relation to policing is there is more conflict about choice of mode in the public sector.
