government

(noun)

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

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  • united nations
  • state
  • politics
  • interventionism

Examples of government in the following topics:

  • The Powers of Local Government

    • Powers of local governments are defined by state rather than federal law, and states have adopted a variety of systems of local government.
    • The US Census Bureau conducts the Census of Governments every five years to compile statistics on government organization, public employment, and government finances.
    • The categories of local government established in this Census of Governments is a convenient basis for understanding local government: county governments, town or township governments, municipal governments and special-purpose local governments.
    • County governments are organized local governments authorized in state constitutions and statutes.
    • Town or township governments are organized local governments authorized in the state constitutions and statutes of states, established to provide general government for a defined area, generally based on the geographic subdivision of a county.
  • Governmental Interest Groups

    • Government interest groups are a unique type of interest group that represents the interests of government to other governments.
    • Government interest groups are a unique form of interest groups that represent the interests of government to other governments.
    • Since then local governments have continued their efforts.
    • FERA was part of the New Deal federal funding to state and local governments.
    • Give examples of government interest groups and their influence on policy
  • Government Corporations

    • Government corporations are revenue generating enterprises that are legally distinct from but operated by the federal government.
    • A government-owned corporation, also known as a state-owned company, state enterprise, publicly owned corporation, or commercial government agency, is a legal entity created by a government to undertake commercial activities on behalf of the government.
    • In some cases, government-owned corporations are considered part of the government, and are directly controlled by it.
    • Lastly, the government sometimes controls government acquired corporations--corporations that were not chartered or created by the government, but which it comes to possess and operate.
    • Differentiate between a government-owned corporation, a government-sponsored enterprise, and organizations chartered by the government that provide public services
  • Devolution

    • Devolution is the statutory granting of powers from central government to government at a regional, local, or state level.
    • Devolution is the statutory granting of powers from central government to government at a regional, local, or state level.
    • In the United States, local governments are subdivisions of states, while the federal government, state governments and federally recognized American Indian tribal nations are recognized by the United States Constitution.
    • Theoretically, a state could abolish all local governments within its borders.
    • The governor of some states may also have power over local government affairs.
  • The Party in Government

    • A majority government is a government formed by a governing party that has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament.
    • A majority government is a government formed by a governing party that has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament in a parliamentary system.
    • The term "majority government" may also be used for a stable coalition of two or more parties to form an absolute majority.
    • This is the first true coalition government in the UK since World War II.
    • Earlier in the 20th century, divided government was rare, but since the 1970s it has become increasingly common.
  • Introduction to Evaluating and Justifying Government

    • Our basic relationship with government is an involuntary association, and in this sense we are justified in saying that government is an involuntary association.
    • The policeman is hired by government-as-contractor I; as an employee, his relationship with the government is a compound-voluntary association.
    • But government obtains the money used for his salary via the power of the sword.
    • However, contract theorists have always foundered on the fact that not everybody subject to a government consents, or has consented, to be governed by it.
    • But when a government imposes sanctions it does not require unanimity.
  • Forms of Government

    • A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized (synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government").
    • Governments consist of two broad interplaying elements that generally determine how a government is coded: the power source and the power structure.
    • States are served by a continuous succession of different governments.
    • After World War II, many governments in Latin America, Asia, and Africa were ruled by autocratic governments.
    • Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
  • Protecting Citizens from Other Governments

    • A fourth governmental function is to protect us from other governments.
    • If there were a world government, external defense would be unnecessary.
    • In the United States at least three governments usually legislate for any one place: the federal government, a state government, and a city or county government.
    • In 1917 Russia was governed from February to October both by the Provisional Government under Alexander Kerensky and by the Petrograd Soviet, dominated by Lenin.
    • A government unable to protect its subjects from the sanctions of other or would-be governments is, to say the least, not a completely viable one.
  • Limited Government

    • In a limited government, the power of government to intervene in the exercise of civil liberties is restricted by constitutional law.
    • A constitutionally limited government is a system of government that is bound to certain principles of action by a state constitution.
    • Such an understanding of limited government, as explained by James Madison, does not place arbitrary and ideologically biased parameters on the actions of a government, thus allowing government to change as time demands.
    • Government can do some things and not others.
    • Other actions are forbidden to the federal government and are reserved to state or local governments.
  • Deficit Spending, the Public Debt, and Policy Making

    • Government debt is the debt owed by a central government.
    • In the United States and other federal states, government debt may also refer to the debt of a state or provincial government, municipal or local government.
    • Government debt is one method of financing government operations, but it is not the only method.
    • Doing this, however, simply reduces government interest costs, rather than truly fixing the government debt.
    • Governments usually borrow by issuing securities, government bonds, and bills.
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