Studies on the government usually usually focus on aspects of structure and organization, without delving into issues relating to self-government action or inspiring philosophy: a problematic core is particularly Central after the emergence of interventionist social state and its intense evolution from mid-twentieth century.

This evolution appears curd areas of discussion that could be placed systematically around three successive categories: governance, governance and gobermedia. Based on these categories it is possible to understand and properly analyze both the position of executives in contemporary democracies as its main tensions and contradictions. Programming capacity, responsiveness or the virtual presence of the leaders in public opinion are configured as explanatory axes of the government's position in the context of contemporary interventionist state, allowing also understand some of their intersections.