Gang Rule: Understanding and Countering Criminal Governance

Modeling the Cycles of Gang and Criminal Behavior

In a study done by Saeed and Pavlov a generic microstructure of resource competition was developed and stylized using the dynastic cycles that occurred throughout Chinese history. The result was a model that demonstrated how economic drivers contribute to the cycles observed in the rise and fall of dynasties and lawlessness. Using their structure, with only a few substitutions of names, the sam...

Understanding and countering misperceptions in politics and health care

Misperceptions about politics and health can undermine public debate and distort people’s choices and behavior. Why do people hold these false or unsupported beliefs and why is it so difficult to change their minds? An emerging literature examines the difficulty of correcting false or unsupported beliefs and the reasons for this resistance, but relatively little is known about the sources of mi...

Understanding IT Governance

Rule Governance, Social Coding and Social Modeling

The current financial climate in the world forces organisations in government and finance to automate their operational decision making to the highest degree. The Dutch government is initiating an approach that facilitates quick, repeatable and correct implementation of new laws and thorough accountability of operational decisions that have been taken. The name of this approach can be translate...

Relationship between the Rule of Law, Good Governance, and Sustainable Development

This paper reviews the relationship between the rule of law, good governance, and sustainable development as those terms are used by the relevant development organizations; describes the efforts made by various organizations to promote the rule of law and good governance; and addresses the need to strengthen compliance and enforcement for sustainable development. A recent movement, which has re...