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Title: What Is Government?


1
What Is Government?
  • The institution through which the state maintains
    social order, provides public services, and
    enforces binding decisions on citizens.
  • How is government involved in your life?
  • What signs of government do you see everyday?

2
  • Why do you think governments began?
  • What were some of the reasons for having a
    government on your island?
  • Public policies are the decisions and laws that a
    government makes in a particular area of public
    concern.

3
State or state?
  • A State with a capital S is a State in the
    United States of America.
  • A state with a lower case s is what most people
    call a country or nation.

4
Four characteristics of a state
  • Population - The people share a political and
    social consensus.
  • Which state has the smallest population?
  • Vatican City 789 people (not a UN member)
  • or
  • Monaco 32,410 people

5
Located in the middle of Rome. It is the home of
the Pope, clergy, nuns, priests, and the Swiss
Guard.
Vatican City
6
Monaco has more millionaires per capita than any
other country in the world.
7
Four characteristics of a state
  • Largest population
  • Peoples Republic of China (1,315,000,000)

8
Four characteristics of a state
  • 2. Territory - boundaries can change through
    war, negotiation, or purchase.
  • Vatican City .17 square miles (108.7 acres)
  • Monaco 1.95 square miles (481.9 acres)

9
Four characteristics of a state
  • 1. Population
  • 2. Territory
  • Largest in area Russia (7 million square miles)

10
Four characteristics of a state
  • 1. Population
  • 2. Territory
  • 3. Sovereignty
  • Supreme
  • and
  • absolute
  • power

11
Four characteristics of a state
  • Population
  • Territory
  • Sovereignty
  • Government
  • How the state maintains order, provides public
    services, and enforces its decisions.

12
Origin of the state
  • Evolutionary theory
  • heads of families were the government until they
    needed more organization
  • Force theory
  • all the people of one area were forced to accept
    the authority of one person or group

13
Origin of the state
  • Divine right theory
  • God or gods chose certain people to rule
  • Social contract theory
  • without authority people are nasty and brutish
    to each other so people surrendered to the state
    the power needed to maintain order. People give
    the state power and in return, the state protects
    its citizens.

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Purposes of Government
  • 1.    Maintaining Social Order provide ways of
    resolving conflict make and enforce laws
  • 2.    Providing Public Services provide the
    essential services that make community life
    possible and promote the general welfare
  • 3.    Providing National Security protect the
    people against attack by other states or from
    threats such as terrorism
  • 4. Making Economic Decisions bridge the gap
    between rich and poor to prevent civil war
    decide on a money system can influence every
    individuals economic decisions
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