The purpose of the paper is to show that the nature of the relationship between governance and democracy varies … distinctive features of the other we find that governance and democracy are not just mutually reinforcing but even overlapping …, that only when we distinguish on theoretical ground governance from democracy we create the basis for analyzing their …

; governance was also found essential, but only in the countries in the intermediate stage of development. …

democratic and good governance practices on environmental policy success. The findings reveal that democracy and government … structures. The robustness of these results is confirmed using alternative democracy and governance indicators. Additionally, the … limitation by utilizing the Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGIs) for a more comprehensive measurement of environmental policy …