##  [Government](/index.php/government) 

  ##  [Government](https://social.quantumdictionary.io/government-0) 

  

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**Social Sciences Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

The organized set of political institutions, offices, actors, and formal procedures that lawfully exercise authority to make, execute, and enforce public policy for a defined polity.