Government & Politics

power that people accept because it comes from a source that is perceived as legitimate

• democracy

• power

• authority

• traditional authority

governments wherein a monarch has absolute or unmitigated power

• dictatoriship

• anarachy

• absolute monarchies

• authority

power legitimized on the basis of a leader’s exceptional personal qualities

• absolute monarchies

• authority

• constitutional monarchies

• charismatic authorities

a form of government that provides all citizens with an equal voice or vote in determining state policy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• dictatoriship

• monarchy

a form of government that provides all citizens with an equal voice or vote in determining state policy

• oligarchy

• democracy

• anarchy

• authority

national governments that recognize monarchs but require these figures to abide by the laws of a greater constitution

• charismatic authority

• constitutional monarchies

• rational-legal authority

• patrimonialism

form of government in which a single person (a monarch) rules until that individual dies or abdicates the throne

• patrimonialism

• political

• monarchy

• dictatorship

a form of government in which a single person (or a very small group) wields complete and absolute authority over a government or populace after the dictator rises to power, usually through economic or military might

• power

• oligarchy

• democracy

• dictatorship

the ability to exercise one’s will over others

• monarchy

• authority

• power

• dictatorship

a form of government in which power is held by a small, elite group

• democracy

• oligarchy

• patrimonialism

• power