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  2. Military junta - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A military junta ( / ˈhʊntə, ˈdʒʌntə / ⓘ) is a government led by a committee of military leaders. The term junta means "meeting" or "committee" and originated in the national and local junta organized by the Spanish resistance to Napoleon's invasion of Spain in 1808. [ 1] The term is now used to refer to an authoritarian form ...

  3. Merit system - Wikipedia

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    The merit system determines the fitness of the candidate by the ability to pass a written competitive examination, given by a commission of examiners. The answers submitted by candidates must be unsigned, so as to obviate the possibility of favoritism on the part of the examiners. A list is made of the successful candidates, arranged in the ...

  4. AP United States Government and Politics - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Advanced Placement ( AP) United States Government and Politics (often shortened to AP Gov or AP GoPo and sometimes referred to as AP American Government or simply AP Government) is a college -level course and examination offered to high school students through the College Board 's Advanced Placement Program.

  5. Representative democracy - Wikipedia

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    Basic forms of government. Representative democracy (also called electoral democracy or indirect democracy) is a type of democracy where representatives are elected by the public. [ 1] Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of representative democracy: for example, the United Kingdom (a unitary parliamentary ...

  6. Land-use planning - Wikipedia

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    Government and legal support: the government can support land use planning initiatives in a myriad of ways. The first is by financing or subsidizing a section of land use planning activities. The second way is by reducing bureaucracy and administration bottlenecks that comes with obtaining permits and licences. [9]

  7. Unitary executive theory - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In American law, unitary executive theory is "an expansive interpretation of presidential power that aims to centralize greater control over the government in the White House." [ 1] The concept often comes up in jurisprudential disagreements about the president's ability to remove employees within the executive branch; transparency and ...

  8. Democracy - Wikipedia

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    Presidential Democracy is a system where the public elects the president through an election. The president serves as both the head of state and head of government controlling most of the executive powers. The president serves for a specific term and cannot exceed that amount of time.

  9. Parliamentary system - Wikipedia

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    Politics portal. v. t. e. A parliamentary democracy is a form of government where the head of government (chief executive) derives their democratic legitimacy from their ability to command the support ("confidence") of a majority of the legislature, to which they are held accountable. This head of government is usually, but not always, distinct ...