form of government

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Noun

form of government - the members of a social organization who are in power

social group - people sharing some social relation

party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

political entity, political unit - a unit with political responsibilities

autocracy, autarchy - a political system governed by a single individual

constitutionalism - a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution)

republic, democracy, commonwealth - a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

diarchy, dyarchy - a form of government having two joint rulers

gerontocracy - a political system governed by old men

gynarchy, gynecocracy - a political system governed by a woman

hegemony - the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others; "the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation"; "to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony"; "the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system"

mobocracy, ochlocracy - a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses

oligarchy - a political system governed by a few people; "one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy"; "the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen"

plutocracy - a political system governed by the wealthy people

republic - a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president"

technocracy - a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control; "technocracy was described as that society in which those who govern justify themselves by appeal to technical experts who justify themselves by appeal to scientific forms of knowledge"

theocracy - a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)

social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure - the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"

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"WHAT a happy land you are!" said a Republican Form of Government to a Sovereign State.

"That is all very true," said the Republican Form of Government, putting on its hobnail shoes; "but consider how I thrill you every Fourth of July."

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If Plato intended to frame a state in which more than in any other everything should be common, he has certainly given it a right name; but if he intended it to be the next in perfection to that which he had already framed, it is not so; for perhaps some persons will give the preference to the Lacedaemonian form of government, or some other which may more completely have attained to the aristocratic form.

It is also said in this treatise of [1266a] Laws, that the best form of government must, be one composed of a democracy and a tyranny; though such a mixture no one else would ever allow to be any government at all, or if it is, the worst possible; those propose what is much better who blend many governments together; for the most perfect is that which is formed of many parts.

From hence it is evident, that such a state will not consist of a democracy and a monarchy, and this will be further proved by what we shall say when we come particularly to consider this form of government.

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Let me add that it is the great desideratum by which this form of government can be rescued from the opprobrium under which it has so long labored, and be recommended to the esteem and adoption of mankind.

A common passion or interest will, in almost every case, be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and concert result from the form of government itself; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual.

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The UK has a parliamentary and unitary form of government. Pakistan is a case apart.

Presidential system

The presidential form of government is being run quite successfully in three most developed countries rather super powers of the world -USA, Russia and France.

Parliamentary or presidential form of govt

ANP has always supported the implementation of the 1973 Constitutions which embodies a parliamentary form of government and greater rights for the four provinces and federating units.

ANP to resist any attempt to impose presidential system

After his speech, when interviewed by the national and local media persons, he urged the people from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao to convince President Duterte for the Revolutionary form of Government, which he said is the only solution for the realization of peace in the country.

Launching of Misuari-Duterte Tandem for Federalism for peace held in Bulacan

For over a year, a committee of City Club volunteers researched the commission form of government. Equity has been and will continue to be a main sticking point, Rivas said.