Usually considering both the words with the same meaning,
till the last couple of months I personally never even intervened and thought
of state and government as two different words. Later I came to know that these
two words have meanings that are miles apart.Where the government is a term that is used for the
governing party or the people that have became a part of the assemblies via the
electoral process. The term state refers to the bureaucracy that is maintaining
and running the smooth operations of the country and in theory is least
bothered about which government is ruling or is in power.
In Heywood’s reading regarding Political executives it was
mentioned that it is the responsibility of the Government (assemblies) to make
the laws according to their political and ideological priorities of their party;
the duty of the state and civil servants is to bring those policies into action
and make sure that they are implemented accurately without providing any sort
of political favor or biases to any particular political party.
Comparing this scenario with the current condition in my
country will give almost a completely different picture. As far as the power
game is concerned, politicians hold the supreme authority to control and even
implement things that are in their favor. A strong web of relationships is
broadened from the prime minister to the clerks, each supporting and advancing
the interest of his senior. Political affiliations are so strong that many of
the relatives of the politicians in power are given high posts regardless of
their qualifications. Things have gone so far that vacancies of civil offices
are being sold out in a proper bidding process. Starting from a low amount for
a lower post and going in millions for a higher post.
According to theory everything works out extremely well and
there exists no mutual interdependence between state and the government but the
problem is that it’s just a theory and things work differently on practical
grounds. The question to be raised is that whether this so called affiliation
and dichotomy of State and government will keep on existing or will there be
any political executives who will draw the think line of differentiation
between both of them.
2 comments:
The State and Govt. are surely two different things and the way you described them, I personally appreciate that. Though in Pak, everything is working oppositely to the theories and things must be altered and tackled quickly with greater care and attention.
I agree with your point of view, It is problem of third World countries because Our Politicians are untrained,Illiterate and unaware about managing Skills they think Pakistan as Inheritance their fathers basically they are belonging to special class of capitalists, Feudal Lords and elites therefore, They have own interests. Our country is passing through state of Anarchy and Revolution in which conflict between two classes as Marx said and It will result in good and be Optimistic!!
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