Often one or both sides to a dispute will not willingly accept the disposition of the dispute. Somewhere in society there must be the residual power to make and enforce unpopular decisions. The Role of Government in Modern Democratic Societies Modern governments are expected to assume responsibility for protecting the political and social rights of their citizens. Governments must supervise and resolve conflicts which inevitably arise among private interests and between private interests and government. Government's main task is the preservation of a unified state in which its citizens have a sense of communal belonging and commitment to the basic principles of the state.
Governments are responsible for regulating the economy.
Content Making Decisions in a Parliamentary Democracy Decision making can be a difficult process and Canadian society has established mechanisms to accomplish this. The other is to provide a forum in which different perspective on the issue can be brought forward and discussed. Every society and culture has a political process of some kind. This process may be vastly different than the Canadian process, but it is no less a political process. The many people groups of Africa developed their own political processes over the centuries.