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  2. Constitutional crisis - Wikipedia

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    Constitutional crisis. In political science, a constitutional crisis is a problem or conflict in the function of a government that the political constitution or other fundamental governing law is perceived to be unable to resolve. There are several variations to this definition. For instance, one describes it as the crisis that arises out of ...

  3. International crisis - Wikipedia

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    International crisis. The term international crisis is a widespread term without a single common definition. [1] To some, it involves "a sequence of interactions between the governments of two or more sovereign states in severe conflict, short of actual war, but involving the perception of a dangerously high probability of war ". [2]

  4. Cloward–Piven strategy - Wikipedia

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    The Cloward–Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined in 1966 by American sociologists and political activists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven.The strategy aims to utilize "militant anti poverty groups" to facilitate a "political crisis" by overloading the welfare system via an increase in welfare claims, forcing the creation of a system of guaranteed minimum income and ...

  5. Crisis - Wikipedia

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    Definition. A crisis is often linked to the concept of psychological stress and used to suggest a frightening or fraught experience. In general, crisis is the situation of a "complex system" when the system functions poorly (the system still functions, but does not break down), an immediate decision is necessary to stop the further ...

  6. 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis - Wikipedia

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    The 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis was triggered after several Members of Parliament (MPs) of the 14th Malaysian Parliament changed party support, leading to the loss of a parliamentary majority, the collapse of two successive coalition governments, and the resignation of two Prime Ministers. The political crisis culminated in a 2022 ...

  7. Legitimation crisis - Wikipedia

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    Crisis definition. A crisis is a state of jeopardy that arises because of contradicting motivations of the subsystems within a self-enclosed system. According to Habermas, the definition of crisis used in the social sciences is often based on the principles of systems theory.

  8. Crisis of the Roman Republic - Wikipedia

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    The crisis of the Roman Republic was an extended period of political instability and social unrest from about c. 133 BC to 44 BC that culminated in the demise of the Roman Republic and the advent of the Roman Empire . The causes and attributes of the crisis changed throughout the decades, including the forms of slavery, brigandage, wars ...

  9. Crisis theory - Wikipedia

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    Crisis theory, concerning the causes [1] and consequences of the tendency for the rate of profit to fall in a capitalist system, is associated with Marxian critique of political economy, and was further popularised through Marxist economics .