Modes of Governance/Governing Dynamics

A mode here is a way or manner in which something occurs or is done.
Together, these modes form a system of governance, which is a set of (distinguishable, but not totally distinct) modes, combined with their interactive dynamics.
The results, outcomes, empirics, actions, behavior, etc. are the things that occur. The purpose of the system is to provide a theoretical framework through which the determining dynamics of such occurrences can be thought about and analyzed rigorously.
These modes are different dimensions or types of mechanisms, procedures, processes, methods, or dynamics. Their particular realization at play in the world will depend on underlying data. One can think about this as a set of equations where each represents a mode and which jointly determine an outcome variable. These equations depend on parameters/state variables that determine the exact level/grade/degree (??) of their functioning, hence they need to be 'calibrated' (?) with the data. (E.g. the specific desires, objectives, habits, beliefs, norms and morals that people have)
Here what will be a parameter or state variable depends on particular question in play. Depending on the horizons of the analysis different feedback mechanisms will be become relevant or less so. For example, in the very short run norms are roughly fixed while in the very long run they might be as flexible as things can be, determined by their purpose or role in governing behavior.
== Comparison with motives ==
Some modes of governance probably closely correspond to the set of motives individuals have. Yet, they are not the same.
Where there are regularizable patterns of behavior that do not result from a particular motive, we have this. E.g. think about nudges: these leverage the unconscious choice heuristics or habits that people have.
== Institutions of Governance/Governance Institutions ==
The ways in which choices are made in practice in society.
E.g. Democracy, Dictatorship, Markets, natural social equilibrium (freedom?). 
== Good sources ==
* Paper: Arrow (1950), especially the first two pages. I think he mischaracterizes convention as reflecting a 'common will' not involving any conflict of individual wills, which he contrasts to methods for social choice of voting and the market which amalgamate tastes of many individuals.