government - The institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies, public policies - All of the many goals that a government pursues in all of the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved, legislative power - The power to make a law and to frame public policies, executive power - The power to execute, enforce, and administer law, judicial power - The power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes within the society, dictatorship - A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority, democracy - A form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people, state - A body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority, sovereign - Having supreme power within one's own territory; neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority, autocracy - A form of government in which a single person holds unlimited political power, oligarchy - A form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite, unitary government - A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency, federal government - A form of government in which powers are divided between a central government and several local governments, division of powers - Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis, confederation - A joining of several groups for a common purpose, presidential government - A form of government in which the executive and legislative branches of the government are separate, independent, and coequal, parliamentary - A form of government in which the executive branch is made up of the prime minister, or premier, and that official's cabinet,

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