Government
Government ispolitical meanscreatingenforcing laws; viabureaucratic hierarchy. Governments concern themselvesmany issues, such as economics, education, health, science, territory,war; via hierrachy. The modern standard unitterritory comprisesstate. "State" may also be usedrefer togoverning body ofstate itself.Withinstate, subnational entities may have local governments which do not havefull power ofnational government. "Control" involves activities such as collecting taxes, controlling entryexit tostate, preventing encroachmentterritory by neighbouring statespreventingestablishmentalternative governments withinstate.
Governments usevarietymethodsmaintain control, such as policemilitary forces, (particularly under despotism, see also police state), making agreementsother states,maintaining support withinstate; infrastructure. Typical methodsmaintaining support include infrastructure providing justice, administrationsocial welfare, claiming support of deities, providing benefitsinfluential groups, holding elections for important posts withinstate, limitingpowerthe state through lawsconstitutionsappealing to nationalism. Groups opposedgovernment control include libertariansanarchists.
Various formsgovernment have been implemented or proposed. A government indeveloped statelikelyhave various sub-organisations known as offices, departments, or agencies, whichheaded by politically appointed officials, often called ministers or secretaries. Ministers maytheory act as advisors toheadstate, butpractice havecertain amountdirect powerspecific areas. In most modern democracies,elected legislative assembly haspowerdismissgovernment, thoughheadstate generally has great latitudeappointingnew one.
See also
- systemgovernment
- headgovernment
- politics
- political philosophy
- political science
- cabinet
- executive
- legislature
- egovernment
- anarchism
External Links
- Government portal - United States LibraryCongress
