The Purpose of Government

What is the government?

• Government’s authority is inherited over time from family.

• The formal institutions and processes throughout which decisions are made for a group of people

• All States have supreme power to act within its territory and to control external affairs.

• A state must have people, but population size does not matter. Having a people means a state has a citizenry

What are the three main components of government?

• People, Power, Policy

• Legislative, Executive, Judicial

• Law, Taxation, Defense

• Healthcare, Transportation, Education

Select the examples of people in government.

• Postal carrier, President, Judge

• Teacher, Doctor, Engineer

• Farmer, Chef, Artist

• Athlete, Musician, Actor

What is a state?

• A political unit with the power to make and enforce laws over a group of people living within a clearly defined territory.

• Elected officials and public servants

• Securing the safety of people and property by creating and enforcing laws.

• Providing means to resolve

  conflicts through politics and the

  legal system

Give some examples of government policies.

• Movies, Art, Science

• Sports, Entertainment, Fashion

• Healthcare, Education, Environment, Military (Defense)

• Technology, Science, Business

What is the function of government that guards its territory and its people from external threats?

• Maintain Order

• Resolve Conflict

• ENSURE NATIONAL SECURITY

• Provide Services

What function of government provides the means to resolve conflict through politics and the legal system?

• Ensure National Security

• Resolve Conflict

• Provide Services

• Maintain Order

What function of government deals with securing the safety of people by creating and enforcing laws?

• Provide Services

• Maintain Order

• Resolve Conflict

• Provide for the public good.

What function of government provides a variety of services

ranging from education to public

transportation, paid for by tax

dollars?

• Ensuring National Security

• Maintaining Order

• Providing Services

• Providing for the Public Good

What function of government makes decisions and policies that

attempt to balance the public

good with the needs of smaller

segments of the population?

• Ensuring National Security

• Maintaining Order

• Providing for the Public Good

• Providing Services