Examples of government in the following topics:
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- There are two types of government-initiated monopoly: a government monopoly and a government-granted monopoly.
- There are instances in which the government initiates monopolies, creating a government-granted monopoly or a government monopoly.
- Government-granted monopolies often closely resemble government monopolies in many respects, but the two are distinguished by the decision-making structure of the monopolist.
- In a government-granted monopoly, the government gives a private individual or a firm the right to be a sole provider of a good or service.
- In a government monopoly, an agency under the direct authority of the government itself holds the monopoly, and the monopoly is sustained by the enforcement of laws and regulations that ban competition or reserve exclusive control over factors of production to the government.
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- Powers of local governments are defined by state rather than federal law, and states have adopted a variety of systems of local government.
- The US Census Bureau conducts the Census of Governments every five years to compile statistics on government organization, public employment, and government finances.
- The categories of local government established in this Census of Governments is a convenient basis for understanding local government: county governments, town or township governments, municipal governments and special-purpose local governments.
- County governments are organized local governments authorized in state constitutions and statutes.
- Town or township governments are organized local governments authorized in the state constitutions and statutes of states, established to provide general government for a defined area, generally based on the geographic subdivision of a county.
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- Government interest groups are a unique type of interest group that represents the interests of government to other governments.
- Government interest groups are a unique form of interest groups that represent the interests of government to other governments.
- Since then local governments have continued their efforts.
- FERA was part of the New Deal federal funding to state and local governments.
- Give examples of government interest groups and their influence on policy
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- Government corporations are revenue generating enterprises that are legally distinct from but operated by the federal government.
- A government-owned corporation, also known as a state-owned company, state enterprise, publicly owned corporation, or commercial government agency, is a legal entity created by a government to undertake commercial activities on behalf of the government.
- In some cases, government-owned corporations are considered part of the government, and are directly controlled by it.
- Lastly, the government sometimes controls government acquired corporations--corporations that were not chartered or created by the government, but which it comes to possess and operate.
- Differentiate between a government-owned corporation, a government-sponsored enterprise, and organizations chartered by the government that provide public services
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- Devolution is the statutory granting of powers from central government to government at a regional, local, or state level.
- Devolution is the statutory granting of powers from central government to government at a regional, local, or state level.
- In the United States, local governments are subdivisions of states, while the federal government, state governments and federally recognized American Indian tribal nations are recognized by the United States Constitution.
- Theoretically, a state could abolish all local governments within its borders.
- The governor of some states may also have power over local government affairs.
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- Dictatorships govern without consent of the people and in totalitarian dictatorships the power to govern extends to all aspects of life.
- Dictatorship is a form of government in which the ruler has the power to govern without consent of those being governed.
- Totalitarian governments are those that exert total control over the governed; they regulate nearly every aspect of public and private behavior.
- In other words, dictatorship concerns the source of the governing power (where the power comes from—the people or a single leader) and totalitarianism concerns the scope of the governing power (what is the government and how extensive is its power).
- In this sense, dictatorship (government without people's consent) exists in contrast with democracy (government whose power comes from people) and totalitarianism (where government controls every aspect of people's lives) exists in contrast with pluralism (where government allows multiple lifestyles and opinions) .