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The State

and
the Government

The important differences between the


State and Government
STATE
GOVERNMENT
The organs of the
The State has four
government are
elements like
executive,
population, territory,
legislature and
government and
judiciary
sovereignty.
Government is a
State is an organic
narrow concept and
concept in which the
government is a part. it is an element of
the State.

The State is more

Government is an

or less permanent

agent of the

and continues

State.

from time
immemorial.
State continues
for ever.

The government
is temporary. It
changes
frequently.

The State is
generally
composed of all
citizens but all of
them are not
members of the
government
The State
possesses
sovereignty

The government
consists of only a
few selected
citizens

Government
possesses no
sovereignty

A government
the State is a
may come and
much broader
go.
organization than
the government.
No original
Membership of the authority, but
State is
only derivative
compulsory but
powers delegated
not that of the
by the State
government.
through its
constitution.
Its authority is
absolute and
unlimited.

Its power cannot


be taken away
by any other
institution.
The State is an
abstract
concept.

Powers of
government are
delegated and
limited.
Government is a
concrete one.

All States are

governments are

identical in

of different types

character and

and they may

nature

vary form the


State to the
State

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