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Term Description Examples Autocracy: Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power (social and political) is concentrated in the hands of one person or polity, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection).
The Local Government Act 2000 sought to strengthen public engagement with local democracy, and streamline the system of committees, introducing the models of directly elected mayors and cabinets, leaders and cabinets, as well as a third option for an elected mayor and council manager, which was only adopted by one authority and was later withdrawn.
A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system. [1] In a one-party state, all opposition parties are either outlawed or enjoy limited and controlled participation in elections .
One five-day trip by two senators with wives to Germany included excursions along the Rhine and a heavy metal music concert. [30] Another trip had lawmakers staying at Edinburgh's Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa , which featured "state-of-the-art spa and leisure facilities including a rooftop indoor/outdoor pool" and with wives eating $40-per-person ...
One-party state (Part of Yugoslavia, and after Serbia and Montenegro) 1992 (independent since 2006) Direct election, by second-round system Unicameral Nauru: Australian Trust Territory 1968 Parliament Unicameral Poland: One-party state 1989 Direct election Bicameral San Marino: Autocracy (part of the Roman Empire) 301 Parliament Unicameral Serbia
In single-party systems, one political party exercises control over the government. Unlike under other systems, single-party systems do not necessarily extend democratic privileges to the citizens. This means that citizens have little say regarding political subjects. Examples of single-party systems are: China Cuba Laos North Korea Vietnam
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the common government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, comprising 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district (national capital) of Washington, D.C ...
American electoral politics have been dominated by successive pairs of major political parties since shortly after the founding of the republic of the United States. Since the 1850s, the two largest political parties have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party—which together have won every United States presidential election since 1852 and controlled the United States Congress ...