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heterarchy  

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  • A governance mechanism that is neither hierarchy nor market (anarchy) is usually called a network. It is described as horizontal and nonhierarchical, but its basic organizing principle can more positively and appropriately be called heterarchy. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Heterarchy]

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