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Government |
Institutions and procedures through which a territory and its people are ruled |
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Politics |
Conflict over the leadership, structure, and policies of governments |
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Political efficacy |
The ability to influence government and politics |
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Autocracy |
Government where a single individual rules |
King, queen, or dictator |
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Oligarchy |
Government where a small group controls most of the governing decisions |
Landowners, military officers, or wealthy merchants |
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Democracy |
A system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in the governmental process |
Usually through the election of key public officials |
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Constitutional government |
A system of rule in which formal and effective limits are placed on the powers of the government |
United States and a few other nations |
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Authoritarian government |
A system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits but may nevertheless be restrained by the power of other social institutions |
Many Latin American countries, Asia, and Africa |
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Totalitarian government |
A system of rule in which the government recognizes no formal limits on its power and seeks to absorb or eliminate other social institutions that might challenge it |
Soviet Union (under Joseph Stalin), Nazi Germany, and North Korea |
