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  2. Government | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

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    government, the political system by which a country or community is administered and regulated. Most of the key words commonly used to describe governments—words such as monarchy , oligarchy , and democracy —are of Greek or Roman origin.

  3. Government Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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    GOVERNMENT meaning: 1 : the group of people who control and make decisions for a country, state, etc. often used before another noun; 2 : a particular system used for controlling a country, state, etc.

  4. Responsibilities and powers of government | Britannica

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    government, Political system by which a body of people is administered and regulated. Different levels of government typically have different responsibilities. The level closest to those governed is local government. Regional governments comprise a grouping of individual communities.

  5. The functions of government - Encyclopedia Britannica

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    Political system - Functions, Governance, Structure: In all modern states, governmental functions have greatly expanded with the emergence of government as an active force in guiding social and economic development. In countries with a command economy, government has a vast range of responsibilities for many types of economic behaviour.

  6. nongovernmental organization summary | Britannica

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    nongovernmental organization (NGO), Organization that is not part of any government. A key distinction is between not-for-profit groups and for-profit corporations; the vast majority of NGOs are not-for-profit. In some countries, particularly socialist ones, some NGOs are government-organized.

  7. subsidy, a direct or indirect payment, economic concession, or privilege granted by a government to private firms, households, or other governmental units in order to promote a public objective. Identification of a subsidy is often complicated because of the variety of subsidy instruments, the multiplicity of the objectives they are designed to ...

  8. government - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    The system of rules and the people who make and administer them is known as a government. Especially at the national level, a government can be a massive system that encompasses a great number of institutions and leaders.

  9. Political Definition, Government, Function, & Facts - Britannica

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    A cabinet, in political systems, is a body of advisers to a head of state who also serve as the heads of government departments. The cabinet has become an important element of government wherever legislative powers have been vested in a parliament, but its form differs markedly in various countries.

  10. government - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    The government of a modern nation, or country, is an organization that does many things. It defends the country from outside enemies. It keeps order within the country.

  11. legitimacy, popular acceptance of a government, political regime, or system of governance. The word legitimacy can be interpreted in either a normative way or a “positive” (see positivism) way. The first meaning refers to political philosophy and deals with questions such as: What are the right sources of legitimacy? Is a specific political ...