The Relevance of Government in the Development of Society

It is certainly obvious that without any form of government in a particular geographical location the political,social and economic stand of the state is going to fall. This brings about the topic “the relevance of government in the development of the society”, which I am going to discuss in the following paragraphs. First and foremost the term government means the act and process especially the control and administration of public policy in a political unit, the office, function,or authority of a governing individual or body. It could also be said to be the agency or apparatus through when a governing body functioning and exercises authority. A governing body can be a ruling political party or coalition of political parties in a parliamentary system, the cabinet in a parliamentary system or the person who makes up a governing body. (Http://google.com/online dictionary). The government of any particular state can be grouped into three (3) arms, which are known to be the structure of government. They are the Legislative (senators), Executive (ministers, commissioners, president etc) and the judiciary (courts, chief-justice, etc) More so, there are also various types or system of government, but the most common ones are the democratic system, authoritative system, monarchy system etc. The democratic form was however a form of government where men chose to elect their own leaders. Both these forms were products of society and according to many sociologists, they came into being to sever the society by governing it. Thus, government in today's world plays a critical role in society because it is a product of the society. In order to best understand the government's relevance in the society, it is advisable to study society first. The term society is quite a heavy, important and is almost synonymous to the terms mankind and human existence. According to the Organic theory of the evolution of the state which states that “the states starts from the family then it