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7.4 Area Government ObligationsVersion 1.2 January 2019 (Previous Version)
This Chapter focuses on the role of area governments, that is, government over a limited and defined area, such as a local council, shire, county, city, state or nation. “Area government” includes approaches to government over the whole area of the world, such as the United Nations, and this Chapter will cover its limitations, advantages, alternatives, supplements and reforms. Chapter 7.1 (Political Processes) covered some of the general aspects of political organizations and political theory – which is usually about nation states. Chapter 7.2 (Economics and Business Obligations) covers the interactions between labour, capital and technology to produce goods and services and generate income for corporations and individuals. Most of this applies whether the national government is a full democracy (such as the USA), a restricted democracy (such as Russia), an erstwhile Communist state (such as China), a Kingdom (such as Saudi Arabia) or a tyranny (such as Syria). Chapter 7.3 (Democratic Obligations) shows how many organizations, and society in general, are best managed as democracies. Democratic principles are ideal for area governments, rather than kingdoms, or totalitarian or tyrannical rule, but we must have controls over the use of force. Traditional history focused on changes to the areas governed and their rulers. Modern history covers wider issues, such as technology, arts, science and impacts on ordinary men and women. Modern political theory must take these matters into account also, as well as how the consent of the governed is obtained, and how to best manage the people and resources within the area governed. We plan to look at how area governments can can optimize the welfare of their people under the following headings:
After going through these topics, our current conclusions, as stated in the overview, are as follows: Area governments are responsible within their borders for matters involving universal compliance and coercion – so they must be democratic and use minimal force – including the environment, public health, law and order, financial stability, contracts, public utilities, communications, natural monopolies and basic rights. more Statement 38 The following pages explain how we justify these conclusions.
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