The government is a kind of claim and the power to realize that claim according to the definition provided by Weir.
The claim of governments is that they have the monopoly on the legitimate use of physical coercion to implement their orders, Manan a ...
The government is a kind of claim and the power to realize that claim according to the definition provided by Weir.
The claim of governments is that they have the monopoly on the legitimate use of physical coercion to implement their orders, Manan adds the necessary part to the above statement: "In an area whose territory is clear and the government claims the monopoly of permanent and binding legislation in that territory, the words Key in this definition are "legitimate" and "monopoly".
Governments include mechanisms to define and produce legitimacy as well as organizations to accumulate resources with the aim of implementing those legitimacy claims. Governments claim that they have the authority to define all rights and the rights of each individual must be defined in relation to the government itself. This is a broader claim and It is not more fundamental than the content mentioned in Weber's or Mann's definitions that governments only apply violence and legislate and only seek monopoly in these two ways. Governments want to create a social reality in which the claims of each individual regarding his property, his civil rights, and his freedoms, including his right to live, have a certain meaning only within the framework of his legal position in a government. Successful governments have the strength and organizational ability and ideological dominance that helps them to enforce their claims on everyone who lives in the territory of those governments. Governments do not have to treat all their citizens the same. According to Karl Schmitt, the government is the one who decides on exceptions.
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