Government

An institution that resolves conflicts that are public in nature and involve more than a few people.

The Supreme Court of the Philippines defines government as:

“that institution by which an independent society makes and carries out those rules of action which are necessary to enable men to live in a social state, or which are imposed upon the people for that society by those who possess the power or authority of prescribing them.”

In understanding the term government, one should likewise know the term “administration”.

Administration

refers to the aggregate of persons in whose hands the reign of government are for the time being.

In order to understand the role of government as an institution, we must first define “politics”.

Politics

is the pattern of human interaction that serves to resolve conflicts between people, institutions and nations