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Types of Governments Cheat Sheet by pryl via cheatography.com/66402/cs/16807/ Corpora toc racy Anarchy Republic Oligarchy A form of government where a Anarchy is lack of a central Any of a wide variety of non- A form of government in which corpora tions, or government governm ent, as there is no one mon arc hical governm ents where power effecti vely rests with a small entities with private components recognized governing authority. eligibi lity to rule is determined by elite segment of society control the country. The U.S. is law. disting uished by royal, wealth, falling towards this direction. Anarchism intelle ctual, family, military or Theocracy religious hegemony. A form of government (or lack Democracy thereof) with no ruling hierarchy, A form of government in which a Plutocracy Government of the people, from the instead decisions are made at a god or deity is recognized as the people, for the people. directly democratic level: laws are state's supreme civil ruler. Rule by the wealthy, or power created by citizens alone, although provided by wealth. Fascism they may be enforced by Autocracy institu tions that are not publicly Stratoc racy Rule by a totalitarian and control led. A form of government in which the corpora tist governm ent. political power is held by a single, A system of government in which self-ap poi nted ruler. This should be there is no distinc tion between the Epistem ocracy Matriarchy disting uished from monarchy, military and the civil power. A utopian type of society and which involves some traditi onal Rule by women, or a government government in which people of basis for that power, usually birth, Tyranny which regards female humans as rank, including those holding and is often weakened (especi ally entitled to rule and to exercise political office, are those who in modern times) by the presence Rule by a selfish or otherwise bad power over men. possess epistemic humility. of counter vai ling institu tions, like a single ruler. Prime example: North Parliam ent. Korea. Feudalism Mobocracy or ochlocracy Despotism Capracracy Government by a usually Rule by mob or a mass of people hereditary class of military Rule by an all-pow erful individ ual. Rule by goat. Without a doubt, the landown ers, who exact goods and most superior form of governance Minarchy A less polite term for "a uto cra cy." services from a peasant class in known to any creature ever. exchange for protect ion. Usually A political ideology which maintains Meritoc racy features complex webs of loyalties that the state's only legitimate Anarcho -ca pit alism and ranks. function is the protection of A government wherein individ uals from aggress ion. appoint ments are made and A stateless society composed of sovereign individ uals living within Thalass ocracy respons ibi lities are given based on the constra ints of a corpora tist Patriarchy demonst rated talent and ability, A realm which primarily exercises usually encoura ging "m eri t". market. power over the sea via naval Rule by men, or a government power, as opposed to a which regards male humans as Communism telluro cracy which rules land. entitled to rule and to exercise power over women. A hypothetical stateless entity that follows after socialism as according to Marxist theory. By pryl Published 27th August, 2018. Sponsored by CrosswordCheats.com cheatography.com/pryl/ Last updated 27th August, 2018. Learn to solve cryptic crosswords! Page 1 of 2. http://crosswordcheats.com Types of Governments Cheat Sheet by pryl via cheatography.com/66402/cs/16807/ Futarchy System of government proposed by economist Robin Hanson based on the idea of voting on a certain outcome and then figuring out how to achieve it. Kakisto cracy Government by the least qualified or most unprinc ipled people, "G ove rnment by the worst." Necrocracy A government that operates under the rules of a dead ruler. Kratocracy Rule by those who are strong enough to seize power through force or cunning. Technoc racy A form of government in which engineers, "s cie nti sts ", and other technical "e xpe rts " are in control of decision making in their respective fields. Aristoc racy Aristoc racy (from the Greek "rule of the best") is government rule by a few elite citizens. Usually the "e lit e" positions in question are heredit ary. It was one of the six forms of government identified by Aristotle, and he said it was the second best, after monarchy but before constit uti onal governm ent. Moreover, if corrupted, it resulted in only the second worst form of governm ent, oligarchy. By pryl Published 27th August, 2018. Sponsored by CrosswordCheats.com cheatography.com/pryl/ Last updated 27th August, 2018. Learn to solve cryptic crosswords! Page 2 of 2. http://crosswordcheats.com.