government institutions

Scope Note

General statements dealing with various aspects of the description of governmental institutions at the highest level of political integration, i.e., at the level where ultimate sovereignty resides, whether this be a district of a few communities under a paramount chief or a great empire embracing many nationalities. Material on societies revealing a level of political integration higher than that of the community will be indexed with these categories.

Identifier

Narrower Terms

• 641 citizenship
• 642 form and rules of government
• 643 chief executive
• 644 executive household
• 645 advisers to the chief executive
• 646 deliberative councils
• 647 administrative agencies
• 648 external relations

Related Terms

• 620 community
• 630 territorial organization