government

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a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

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Republic

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a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

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Democracy

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Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives without elected representatives as proxies. This differs from the majority of currently established democracies, which are representative democracies.

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Direct Democracy

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a type of democratic government in which voters choose delegates to create the laws of government on their behalf

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Indirect Democracy

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a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

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Theocracy

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a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

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Oligarchy

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form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.

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Dictatorship

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system of government in which a monarch (see monarchy) shares power with a constitutionally organized government.

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Constitutional Monarchy

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a society without a government.

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Anarchy

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the act or process of governing

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Government

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a territorially bounded sovereign polity—i.e., a state—that is ruled in the name of a community of citizens who identify

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Nation-State

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What are the roles of Government? To make and enforce laws, protect people and to provide public services.

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providing leadership, maintaining order, providing public services, providing national security, providing economic security, and providing economic assistance.

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What three powers do all governments have? Make Laws, enforce laws and judiciary power (alter laws.

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udicial—Evaluates laws (Supreme Court and other courts). Each branch of government can change acts of the other branches: The president can veto legislation …

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a form of government and a political system that prohibits all opposition parties, outlaws individual and group opposition to the state …

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Totalitarian

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A presidential system, or single executive system, is a form of government in which a head of government, typically with the title of president, leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch in systems that use separation of powers.

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Presidential Democracy