Social Studies

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Division of power means: the equality that is needed in order to run a state in order to maintane peace and estability between society and is goverment.In modern state we have 3 powers legislature executive and judiciary and each one of then have the same power to control others

Civil liberties Civil liberties are rights and freedoms that protect an

individual from the state. Civil liberties set limits on government so that its members cannot abuse their power and interfere unduly with the lives of private citizens

Chief executive chief executive is one of the highest-ranking corporate

officers or administrators in charge of total management. An individual selected as president and of a corporation, company, organization, or agency, reports to the board of directors.

Social obligation Social obligation is an ethical or ideological theory

that an entity whether it is a government, corporation, organization or individual has a responsibility to society at large. This responsibility can be "negative", meaning there is exemption from blame or liability, or it can be "positive," meaning there is a responsibility to act beneficently

Republic Republic: a government having a chief of state who is

not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president

Centralism Centralism.: the concentration of power and control in

the central authority of an organization (as a politicalor educational system).

Federalism Federalism: the distribution of power in an

organization (as a government) between a central authority and the constituent units.

Rights

Rights:Are variously construed as legal, social, ormoral freedoms to act or refrain from acting, orentitlements to be acted upon or not acted upon

Public Services Public service: Public services is a term usually used

to mean services provided by government to itscitizens, either directly (through the public sector) orby financing private provision of services

Legal right Legal rights: Legal rights are, clearly, rights which

exist under the rules of legal systems.

Central govgerment Central government or union government is the

government at the level of the nation-state.

Emergency Power Emergency powers are a last-resort option for

responding to the most serious of emergencies where existing legislative provision is insufficien