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the action or manner of controlling or regulating a nation, organization, or people.
2.
principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.
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the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.
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a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
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a form of government where citizens elect their leaders and are bound by a written constitution; the government is also divided into three different branches for checks and balances
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a form of government with a monarch (king or queen) at the head; one leader.
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a form of government in which policies and laws are decided by a majority of all citizens rather than by a body of elected representatives.
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form of government in which one person possesses absolute power without constitutional limitations
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form of government in which a powerful group of people possess absolute power with limited or no constitutional limitations
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a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
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form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
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the ultimate power rests with the people, but it is exercised indirectly through a system of elected representatives.
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a form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens
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a political theory advocating a classless society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
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a political and economic theory which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
