local government

...In a broad sense, it means the entire governing body of a nation, including all branches of the legislative, judicial, and administrative branches. In the United Kingdom and the United States, the word "government" is often used in this sense, and it can be used to refer not only to the national governing body but also to local governments as "local government." In the narrow sense, it refers only to the administrative and executive branches, and this meaning is stronger in the German word "Regierung" and the Japanese word "government."

*Some of the terminology that refers to "local government" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…広義には，国家の統治機構全体を意味し，立法･司法･行政の全部門を含む概念。イギリス，アメリカなどのgovernmentはこの意味で用いられることが多く，国家統治機構についてのみならず地方自治体についても地方政府local governmentとして転用されうる。狭義には，行政･執行部のみを指し，ドイツ語Regierungや日本語の政府においては，この意味合いが強い。…

※「local government」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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