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How does does
government work?
How a government
works really depends on the type of
government.
There are quite a
few different ways in which a country can be
governed. But all ways of ruling a society can be
broken down into the following sets of functions.
Some or all of these functions can be seperate
people or departments. IN some cases it could be
the same person or department.
Legislative - the part that makes the
laws, creates laws
Executive - the part that enforces or carries
out the laws or rules.
Judicial - the part that decides if the
rules have been interpreted correctly or
fairly.
Source: World
Builders Handbook GDW.
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Styles of
government
Limited
governments vs unlimited governments.
Limited
governments are limited by constitutions for
example. These constitutions are interpreted
unlimited
governments are not limited by any generally agreed
rules. Sometimes these are refered to as
dictatorships.
There are also
issues of sovereignty and legitimacy for
governments. Sovereinty is about where the
power/authority of a government comes from.
legitimacy is
about whether people agree to the authority of
power base.
democracy - often is expressed in two styles:
representative democracies, participating
democracies.
Participating
democracies is when the people often vote directly
on many issues.
Representative
democracies is when people vote for other people to
represent their views.
No governments
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Anarchy, there
are sometimes situations in which a region has no
specific government.
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Origin of the word government
The united nations is an example of an
organisation in which governments can often agree
to things.
