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I. Rationale & Background
I. Rationale & Background
Definition of Terms
Government
A group of people that governs a community or unit.
It sets and administers public policy and exercises executive,
political and sovereign power through customs, institutions,
and laws within a state. A government can be classified into many
types. The democracy, republic, monarchy, aristocracy, and
dictatorship are just a few.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary offers three definitions of
government:
1. The group of people who control and make decisions for a
country.
2. A particular system used for controlling a country.
3. The process or manner of controlling a country, state, etc.
Notice here that government can be defined by the people
involved the system in place, or the process in use.
State
As a noun, a people permanently occupying a fixed territory boun
d together by common habits and custom into one body politic ex
ercising,through the medium of an organized government, indepe
ndent sovereignty and control over all persons and things within i
ts boundaries,capable of making war and peace and of entering in
to international relations with other states.The section of territory
occupied by one of the United States.
The people of a state, in their collective capacity, considered
as the party wronged by a criminal deed, the public, as in the title
of a case.The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at a
given time
Politics: (Written usually with a lowercase or common letter 's')
Geographical area within defined territorial boundaries and with a
distinct set of political institutions, ruled by a government through
laws conformance to which is imposed by force (if necessary) in
the common interest. Whereas the term 'state' emphasizes a selfgoverning legal and political entity, 'nation' emphasizes a
particular community of people with shared culture and history,
and 'country' the physical dimensions and boundaries of a
geographical area.