A government is defined as the coercion-wielding organization holding priority over all others

Evidence

We begin with a government: a coercion-wielding organization that enjoys priority over all other organizations in some connected set and over the populations attached to those organizations; in the Peru of 1989–2003, for example, we see a national organization including the presidency, the army, SIN, the judiciary, and the legislature. The organization never quite shatters despite intense internal divisions, and even in regions of civil war never quite loses the upper hand. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 122

Categorization

• DEFINE: Core lexicon-building: what counts as a government in Tilly’s framework.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 122
• XREF: connects to: Coercive government power depends on voluntary cooperation from many; Cohesion and trust check government power, not merely establish social order; Governmental capacity means top-down control, distinct from infrastructural coordination — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 159 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Coercive government power depends on voluntary cooperation from many #complicates (0.82)
• Governmental capacity means top-down control, distinct from infrastructural coordination #qualifies (0.80) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 159
• Cohesion and trust check government power, not merely establish social order #complicates (0.75)
• A public authority can build quasi-sovereign autonomy over territory #exemplifies (0.72) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 69