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  2. Representative democracy - Wikipedia

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    In Britain, Simon de Montfort is remembered as one of the fathers of representative government for holding two famous parliaments. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The first , in 1258, stripped the king of unlimited authority and the second, in 1265, included ordinary citizens from the towns . [ 14 ]

  3. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    A semi-presidential republic is a government system with power divided between a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government, used in countries like France, Portugal, and Egypt. The president, elected by the people, symbolizes national unity and foreign policy while the prime minister is appointed by the president or ...

  4. Zealous Representation and Civility Can Exist Together - AOL

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    Removing “zealous representation” is the wrong solution to the incivility of some lawyers. If some lawyers are uncivil to their counterpart, they should not be able to justify their uncivil ...

  5. Representative bureaucracy - Wikipedia

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    The term representative bureaucracy is generally attributed to J. Donald Kingsley's book titled Representative Bureaucracy that was published in 1944. In his book, Kingsley calls for a " liberalization of social class selection for the English bureaucracy," due to the "Dominance of social, political, and economic elites within the British bureaucracy" which he claimed resulted in programs and ...

  6. Political history of the world - Wikipedia

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    The political history of the world is the history of the various political entities created by the human race throughout their existence and the way these states define their borders. Throughout history , political systems have expanded from basic systems of self-governance and monarchy to the complex democratic and totalitarian systems that ...

  7. List of countries by system of government - Wikipedia

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    This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "List of countries by system of government" – news ...

  8. Delegative democracy - Wikipedia

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    In political science, delegative democracy is a mode of governance close to Caesarism, Bonapartism or caudillismo with a strong leader in a newly created otherwise democratic government. The concept arose from Argentinian political scientist Guillermo O'Donnell , who notes that representative democracy as it exists is usually linked solely to ...

  9. Stateless nation - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of ethnic and national groups where there exist notable independence movements as evidenced by standalone Wikipedia articles. States made bold under the "homeland" column are countries of the respective ethnic groups which are native to them and still host the majority (more than half) of their population.