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1 day ago · Democracy (from Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία, romanized: dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state.
1 day ago · Montesquieu (1689-1755), a French political philosopher whose "The Spirit of the Laws" (1748) advocated for the separation of powers and a system of checks and balances to prevent tyranny. Montesquieu‘s ideas influenced the framers of the US Constitution and the development of constitutional government around the world.
5 days ago · Both totalitarianism and authoritarianism are forms of government that demand the submission of a nation’s citizens to a strong central authority. In contrast with democracy, totalitarianism and ...
1 day ago · To be short, the prince is the life, the head and the authority of all things that be done in the realm of England. And to no prince is done more honour and reverence than to the king and queen of England; no man speaketh to the prince nor serveth at the table but in adoration and kneeling, all persons of the realm be bareheaded before him; insomuch that in the chamber of presence, where the ...
3 days ago · International relations is the study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies, political parties, and interest groups). It is related to a number of other academic disciplines, including political science, geography, history, economics, law, sociology ...
1 day ago · Libertarianism is a political philosophy that takes individual liberty to be the primary political value. It may be understood as a form of liberalism, which seeks to define and justify the legitimate powers of government in terms of certain natural or God-given individual rights.
5 days ago · 1) He would not imprison subjects without due cause. 2) He would not levy taxes without Parliament's consent. 3) He would not house soldiers in private homes. 4) He would not impose martial law in peacetime.
