From a Laissez-faire Government to a Limited Government: A Historical Survey of the Government Functions

Government functions are not a single rigid model,which is based on the social practice of the abstract and theoretical analysis of the results.At the same time,it is with the social practice and the request made by the ever-changing,from the laissez-faire government to omnipotent government and then to the evolution of limited government,how to deal with the government and the market runs through the dual relationship is one of the main line.Therefore,the functions of the government to deal with the definition of the relationship between the government and the market for core content.Socioeconomic development is the first to justice,which centered on how the government will handle the relationship between government and the market of Health issued on the issue of government functions and modalities of Inquiry and Investigation.Western countries show that the course of the development: the development of government functions is closely integrated with the social reality.Now,contemporary society there are some new features,such as markets,globalization,information technology and other trends,the government is defining the functions of the social practice response.Thus,where the government is not a government limited the terminal mode,but is still in the evolution and reconstruction phase.