# governance (administrative)

It is people use control and policy to make order of system.

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: theseus  ·  Arena: governance

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [control](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-control.ability), [policy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-policy.governance), [system](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-system.organized), [order](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-order.arrangement), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb), [use](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-use.application)

**Through:** People use control and policy together to establish order of system.

**Novel properties:**
- structured regulation
- enforced consistency
- collective compliance

## Examples
- The Federal Reserve adjusts interest rates to stabilize U.S. inflation and employment levels. *(economics)*
- The Linux kernel maintainers enforce code review policies before merging patches from contributors. *(computing)*
- The 2015 Paris Agreement set binding emissions targets that 196 nations adopted to address climate change. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [copyright](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-copyright.legal) (L10)
- [county](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-county.administrative) (L10)

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