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Collectivities and groups > Organisations > State and government bodies

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2242State and government bodies  

Broader concept

Scope note

  • Collective bodies that undertake the administrative and governance functions of a sovereign state. The growth of state and government bodies began in the early modern period and reached a high point with the emergence of the modern state, administrative bureaucracy, and with the expansion of governmentality in an increasingly wider spectrum of social and political life.

Source

  • Foucault 2007
  • Jones 2007

Contributor

  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

Creator

  • Tzedopoulos Giorgos (AA)

Notation

  • 2242

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https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/2242

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