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  2. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    This article lists forms of government and political systems, which are not mutually exclusive, and often have much overlap.. According to Yale professor Juan José Linz there are three main types of political systems today: democracies, totalitarian regimes and, sitting between these two, authoritarian regimes with hybrid regimes.

  3. Government - Wikipedia

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    A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state . In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy.

  4. List of countries by system of government - Wikipedia

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    Constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch. Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president. Parliamentary republic with an executive president. Presidential system: Head of government (president) is popularly elected and independent of the legislature. Presidential republic.

  5. Political system - Wikipedia

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    It defines the process for making official government decisions. It usually comprizes the governmental legal and economic system, social and cultural system, and other state and government specific systems. However, this is a very simplified view of a much more complex system of categories involving the questions of who should have authority ...

  6. Types of democracy - Wikipedia

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    Types of democracy refers to the various governance structures that embody the principles of democracy ("rule by the people") in some way. Democracy is frequently applied to governments (ranging from local to global ), but may also be applied to other constructs like workplaces, families, community associations, and so forth.

  7. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government of the United States ( U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district and national capital of ...

  8. Federalism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federalism is a form of political organization that seeks to distinguish states and unites them, assigning different types of decision-making power at different levels to allow a degree of political independence in an overarching structure. [1] Federalism was a political solution to the problems with the Articles of Confederation which gave ...

  9. Category:Forms of government - Wikipedia

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    This is a set category. It should only contain pages that are Forms of government or lists of Forms of government, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Forms of government in general should be placed in relevant topic categories. Forms of government are sets of constitutional institutions by ...