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| Select an appropriate definition for the 'State'. |
The 'State' is a caregiver for the population, which takes care by welfare measures. 'State' and society are the same; the difference between state and society is artificial. In that way state is just a web of social relations. The 'State' is a concept that emerged from the Indian subcontinent. The state structure in western countries is entirely different from that of India. The 'State' is an expression of a political desire, an abstract entity which includes political and legal institutions that claim authority over geography and population. |
| The 'State' is an expression of a political desire, an abstract entity which includes political and legal institutions that claim authority over geography and population. |
| This desire for political unity usually expresses itself as the aspiration to form a state. In its most general sense, the term state refers to an abstract entity consisting of a set of political-legal institutions claiming control over a particular geographical territory and the people living in it. |
