A government can be defined as a set of organizations, with their associated rules and procedures, that has the authority to exercise the widest scope of power—the ability to impose its will on others to secure desired… If either a government’s clearly authorized exercises of power or its exercise of vaguely defined emergency powers comes to be seen as illegitimate, the government can be exposed to civil disobedience or revolution

Governments have an incentive to structure their exercises of power in the form of clearly authorized rules found in statutes, constitutions, or both, and most governments seek to legitimate their rule—that is, they… Following Weber, many political scientists distinguish between broad legitimacy, or the fact of a state being seen as legitimate by a wide percentage of the population, and judgments about a government’s legitimacy…

governing regime — a set of organizations, and their associated rules and procedures, that has the authority to exercise the widest scope of power—including the power to have the final say over…. propaganda — misleading statements and depictions meant to persuade by means other than rational engagement. broad legitimacy — the trait a government has of being seen by the broad population subject to its authority as rightfully exercising its power. civil disobedience — the nonviolent refusal to follow authorized exercises of governmental power with the purpose of demanding political change.