Identify five differences between the state as an entity and government as an institution.
Explanation
| State |
Government |
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1. A state has a permanent status |
- Government on the other hand is transient. It comes and goes |
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2. It is a territorial association of people with defined boundaries |
- lt is an administrative institution of the state |
| 3. Membership of a state is compulsory |
- Membership of a government is optional |
| 4. A state is an abstract concept |
- Government and its officials are tangible |
| 5. A state is a larger entity |
- Government is relatively a smaller institution within the state |
| 6. A state depends on the government to carry out its activities |
- Government is the machinery through which the functions of the state are performed |
| 7. The state is sovereign |
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| 8. Every state possesses a legal status/constitution |
- Whereas government in power enforces the constitution |
| 9. States are identical in their features from state |
- Governments differ to state |
| 10. A state is a fixed entity |
- Whereas government and its officials are not fixed |
| 11. The emergence of the state has different theories |
- While emergence of government has one central justification |