Who Governs Flashcards
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Popular Sovereignty
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Based on the idea that all legitimate political power comes from the people
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democracy
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Rule of, by and for the people.
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stratocracy or praetorianism
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Military rule
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Theocracy
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Rule by religious law
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Kakistocracy
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Government in power by least qualified or most unprincipled citizens
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Kritarchy
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Rule by judges
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Timocracy
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Possession of property required to hold office, or rulers motivated by ambition or love of honour
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Anocracy
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Rule by fractional fighting groups
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Kleptocracy/Kleptarchy
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Rule of corruption by government and it’s officials
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Narcokleptocracy
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Run by drug lords, or rule of corruption by government run by drug trafficking
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Anarchy
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State of disorder due to absence or non recognition of authority, a system based on no governing body
