Political philosophy

Political philosophy

Political philosophy is the study of topics such as liberty, justice, rights, laws, and the enforcement of legal code.

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presidential system

Political systems; Political philosophy

A presidential system is a system of government where an executive branch exists and presides (hence the name) separately from the legislature, to which it is not responsible and which cannot, in ...

puppet state

Political systems; Political philosophy

A puppet state (also puppet government, marionette government) is a nominal sovereign who is, in reality, controlled by a foreign power.

republic

Political systems; Political philosophy

A republic is a form of government in which the people or some portion thereof retain supreme control over the government and in which the head of government is not a monarch.

federal republic

Political systems; Political philosophy

A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government.

parliamentary republic

Political systems; Political philosophy

A parliamentary republic or parliamentary constitutional republic is a type of republic which operates under a parliamentary system of government.

The term thalassocracy (from the Ancient Greek: θάλασσα (thalassa), meaning sea, and κρατεῖν (kratein), meaning "to rule", giving θαλασσοκρατία (thalassokratia), "rule of the sea") refers to a state ...

non-partisan democracy

Political systems; Political philosophy

Non-partisan democracy (also no-party democracy) is a system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections take place without reference to political parties.