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| ⚫ | In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy. Each government has a kind of constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy. |
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A '''government''' is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a [[State (polity)|state]]. |
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Back in 1773 or so, the [[United States]] started getting crazy ideas about "self-governance", and [[W:Boston Tea Party|many rich, white guys got all upset about taxes]]. Then of course, they put in their own government, and [[W:Burr–Hamilton duel|started getting upset with each other]]. No one is really sure how that experiment ended. |
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| ⚫ | In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and |
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Regardless, here's a few forms of government: |
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While all types of organizations have governance, the term ''government'' is often used more specifically, to refer to the approximately 200 [[List of sovereign states|independent national governments]] and subsidiary organizations. |
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Historically prevalent forms of government include monarchy, [[aristocracy]], [[timocracy]], [[oligarchy]], [[democracy]], [[theocracy]] and [[Tyrant|tyranny]]. The main aspect of any philosophy of government is how political power is obtained, with the two main forms being [[election|electoral contest]] and [[hereditary succession]]. |
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* [[Anarchy]] |
* [[Anarchy]] |
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* [[Parliamentary system]] |
* [[Parliamentary system]] |
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* [[Unitary state]] |
* [[Unitary state]] |
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== Footnotes == |
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Latest revision as of 05:22, 21 January 2022
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community. See w:Government over on English Wikipedia to find many more words on this topic.[1]
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy. Each government has a kind of constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy.
Back in 1773 or so, the United States started getting crazy ideas about "self-governance", and many rich, white guys got all upset about taxes. Then of course, they put in their own government, and started getting upset with each other. No one is really sure how that experiment ended.
Regardless, here's a few forms of government: