中国人经常搞错一个观念,认为公权力的机关都是政府。
其实政府只是行政权的机关而已,国会、法院都不算政府。
中国历史上的三省六部制沿用了几千年。其中刑部相当于当今的法院+公安局+检察院。这就是中国人对政府概念的一贯认知。
西方人的定义也一样:
en.wikipedia.org
Government
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A
government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a
state.
[1]
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining
policy. Each government has a kind of
constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy. Typically the philosophy chosen is some balance between the principle of individual
freedom and the idea of absolute state authority (
tyranny).
While all types of organizations have governance, the word
government is often used more specifically to refer to the approximately 200
independent national governments on
Earth, as well as subsidiary organizations.
[2]
简单地说哪个机构用百姓纳税的钱用于其管理保障百姓生活,它就是政府的一部分。
不知道你对这有什么可纠结的。有话就明说吧。