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  2. Social threefolding - Wikipedia

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    Of central importance is a distinction made between three spheres of society – the political, economic, and cultural. The idea is that when economy, culture, and polity are relatively independent of one another, they check, balance, and correct one another and thus lead to greater social health and progress.

  3. Separation of powers - Wikipedia

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    The separation of powers principle functionally differentiates several types of state power (usually law-making, adjudication, and execution) and requires these operations of government to be conceptually and institutionally distinguishable and articulated, thereby maintaining the integrity of each. [1]

  4. Sphere sovereignty - Wikipedia

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    Whenever a government presumes to regulate outside its sovereignty, those serving within the affected sphere should protest that the State is interfering in their internal affairs. The question is the proper role of civil governance and its intrinsic principle limits in terms of which it can act without interfering in the sovereignty of other ...

  5. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    Definition National government: The government of a nation-state and is a characteristic of a unitary state. This is the same thing as a federal government which may have distinct powers at various levels authorized or delegated to it by its member states, though the adjective 'central' is sometimes used to describe it. The structure of central ...

  6. Public sphere - Wikipedia

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    The study of the public sphere centers on the idea of participatory democracy, and how public opinion becomes political action. The ideology of the public sphere theory is that the government's laws and policies should be steered by the public sphere and that the only legitimate governments are those that listen to the public sphere. [13] "

  7. Multi-level governance - Wikipedia

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    Multi-level governance is an approach in political science and public administration theory that originated from studies on European integration.Political scientists Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks developed the concept of multi-level governance in the early 1990s and have continuously been contributing to the research program in a series of articles (see Bibliography). [3]

  8. Imaginary (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    The modern social imaginary he considers comprises a system of interlocking spheres, including reflexivity and the social contract [11] public opinion and Habermas' public sphere, the political-market economy as an independent force, and the self-government of citizens within a society as a normative ideal.

  9. Local government in India - Wikipedia

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    India is a federal republic with three spheres of government: union, state and local. The 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments give recognition and protection to local governments and in addition each state has its own local government legislation. [1] Since 1992, local government in India takes place in two very distinct forms.