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democracyWhen we track the expansion of democracy all over the world in the last hundred years, we can confirm that democracy is the dominant form of government in the contemporary world.

Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-localised and has limited powers.

The definition of government is the exercise of control or authority over a group of people. An example of government is the British Parliament. The right, function, or power of governing. A group of people who hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a given territory.

Terms in this set (4) Protect. … Keep Order. … Help Citizens. … Make Laws. …

Some of the different types of government include a direct democracy, a representative democracy, socialism, communism, a monarchy, an oligarchy, and an autocracy.

A government is an institution through which leaders exercise power to make and enforce laws. A government’s basic functions are providing leadership, maintaining order, providing public services, providing national security, providing economic security, and providing economic assistance.

government summary 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.

1 : the act or process of governing specifically : authoritative direction or control. 2 : the office, authority, or function of governing. 3 : the continuous exercise of authority over and the performance of functions for a political unit : rule.

government name (plural government names) One’s (partial or full) legal name, as opposed to one’s nickname or street name; one’s government-recognized name. quotations 

The major types of political systems are democracies, monarchies, and authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. Authoritarian and totalitarian regimes are more unstable politically because their leaders do not enjoy legitimate authority and instead rule through fear.