Notes on Forms and Organisation of Government
The Nature of Government and Politics Introduction As with most issues in the Social Sciences context, different explanations are ascribed to issues basically because of the difference in scholastic perception and operational environment. This chapter therefore seeks to illuminate the nature of Government, Politics and Political Science in order to construct acceptable definitions. Government First and foremost, Government is the whole establishment of the State or the whole machinery for carrying out the business of a country (Price; 1996:22). This refers to a situation as when we say ‘the Government of Nigeria is demonstrating concerted efforts to improve the economy’. Also, Government may also be employed to mean the executive organ of government of a State as inferred when we say ‘The Nigerian government has recognised the Kabila led Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo”. In a similar vein, Government may connote the carrying out of the business of a