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social science subjects > politics and international relations > governance > government (political science) > state-society relations
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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > governance > cross-cultural governance > sociology of governance > state-society relations
... > social science subjects > business and management > management settings > business management > governance > cross-cultural governance > sociology of governance > state-society relations
social science subjects > politics and international relations > governance > sociology of governance > state-society relations
... > social science subjects > business and management > management settings > business management > governance > sociology of governance > state-society relations

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state-society relations  

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  • Understanding relations among centralized political organizations (states) and the social collectivities (societies) they govern remains a perennial theme of social scientific, historical, and philosophical inquiry. With almost all the world's territories and peoples formally under state authority—or some form of pooled sovereignty—any discussion of governance builds on an understanding of these associations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; State-Society Relations]

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