Governance has become a popular if not trendy concept in much of the contemporary political and academic debate. Such rapid increase in popularity often tends to cause confusion about what the concept in question stands for, and the recent debate on governance is no exception to this rule. That is why the first two chapters present different ways of thinking about governance at some length. Governance as an analytical perspective is still emerging and there are contending views on what is the most rewarding approach to governance. It is therefore appropriate to present different views on what governance is and how it is best understood.tiethtwen