Saturday, 9 July 2011

THE STATE

               According the Oxford English Dictionary , a state in "a/an organized politival community under one government , a commonwealth, a nation , b/such a community forming part of a federad repulic, esp the united state of America.  "

              However, the most commonly used the definition of the state is a compulsory political organization with a centralized government that maimtains a monopoly of legitimate use of forve within a certain territory.

              General categories of state institution  include administrative bureaucracies ,legal systems , and military or religions onganizations.

              The concept of the state can be distinguish from the concept of government.
             
             The government is the particular group of people, the adiministrative bureaucracy , the controls the state apparatus at a given time.

             States are served by a continuous succession of different governments .
State can also be distinguished from the concept of a "nation" which refers to a large geographical area, and the people there who perceive themselves as having a common identity.  

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