Reynante, Zandra Marie A.

BSBA 3A

1. AUTOCRACY

An autocracy is a system of government in which a single person or

party possesses supreme and absolute power. The decisions of this
autocrat are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized
mechanisms of popular control. Absolute monarchies and dictatorships
are the main modern-day forms of autocracy

2. DEMOCRACY

Democracy is a form of government in which the people have the

authority to choose their governing legislature. Who people are and how
authority is shared among them are core issues for democratic
development and constitution.

3. OLIGRACHY

Oligarchy is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small

number of people. These people may be distinguished by nobility,
wealth, education or corporate, religious, political, or military control.

4. DEMARCHY

A form of government in which the state is governed by randomly

selected decision makers who have been selected by sortition (lot) from
a broadly inclusive pool of eligible citizens.

5. DIRECT DEMOCRACY

Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which

people decide on policy initiatives directly. This differs from the majority
of currently established democracies, which are representative
democracies.

6. ELECTOCRACY

A political system where citizens are able to vote for their government
but cannot participate directly in governmental decision making and
where the government does not share any power.

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 7. LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

Liberal democracy is a liberal political ideology and a form of

government in which representative democracy operates under the
principles of classical liberalism.

8. TOTALITARIANISM

Totalitarianism is a political concept of a mode of government that

prohibits opposition parties, restricts individual opposition to the state
and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control over
public and private life. It is regarded as the most extreme and complete
form of authoritarianism.

9. OLIGRACHY

Oligarchy is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small

number of people. These people may be distinguished by nobility,
wealth, education or corporate, religious, political, or military control.

10. ARISTOCRACY

Aristocracy is a form of government that places strength in the hands of

a small, privileged ruling class. The term derives from the Greek
aristokratia, meaning 'rule of the best'. In practice, aristocracy often
leads to hereditary government, after which the hereditary monarch
appoints officers as they see fit.

11. ERGATOCRACY

Ergatocracy is a type of government dominated by the labor and

solidarities similar to communist beliefs. It refers to a society ruled by
the working class. The term was coined by Eden and Cedar Paul in their
book Creative Revolution: A Study of Communist Ergatocracy.

12. GENIOCRACY

Geniocracy is the framework for a system of government which was first

proposed by Raël in 1977 and which advocates problem-solving,
creative intelligence and compassion as criteria for governance.

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 13. LIQUID DEMOCRACY

Liquid democracy, also known as delegative democracy is a form

of democracy whereby an electorate has the option of vesting voting
power in delegates rather than voting directly themselves. Liquid
democracy is a broad category of either already-existing or proposed
popular-control apparatuses.

14. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY

Representative democracy (also

indirect democracy, representative government or psephocracy) is a
type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials
representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

15. SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

Social democracy is a political, social and economic philosophy that

supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice
within the framework of a liberal democratic polity and a capitalist
mixed economy.

16. SOVIET DEMOCRACY

Soviet democracy (sometimes council democracy) is a political system

in which the rule of the population by directly elected soviets (Russian
for "council") is exercised. The councils are directly responsible to their
electors and are bound by their instructions.

17. KRATEROCRACY

It denotes personal ability and not authority so the man commanding

armies does not rule but the man who can kill ten other men with his
bare hands might.

18. KRITARCHY

Kritarchy, also called kritocracy, was the system of rule by Biblical

judges (Hebrew: ‫שופטים‬, shoftim) in the tribal confederacy of ancient
Israel during the period of time described in the Book of Judges,
following Joshua's conquest of Canaan and prior to the united monarchy
under Saul.

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 19. MERITOCRACY

Meritocracy is a political system in which economic goods and/or

political power are vested in individual people on the basis of talent,
effort, and achievement, rather than wealth or social class.
Advancement in such a system is based on performance, as measured
through examination or demonstrated achievement.

20. NETOCRACY

A portmanteau of Internet and aristocracy, netocracy refers to a

perceived global upper-class that bases its power on a technological
advantage and networking skills, in comparison to what is portrayed as
a bourgeoisie of a gradually diminishing importance.

21. NOOCRACY

Noocracy (/noʊˈɒkrəsi/ or /ˈnoʊ.əkrəsi/), or "aristocracy of the wise", as

originally defined by Plato, is a system of governance where decision
making is in the hands of philosophers, similar to his idea of Philosopher
kings.

22. PLUTOCRACY

A plutocracy or plutarchy is a society that is ruled or controlled by

people of great wealth or income. The first known use of the term in
English dates from 1631. Unlike systems such as democracy, capitalism,
socialism or anarchism, plutocracy is not rooted in an established
political philosophy.

23. PARTICRACY

Particracy is a political simulation game where the player takes on the

role of a political party in a fictional nation. Players propose and vote on
legislation, form cabinets, determine economic policy and join
international treaties as they compete for votes with other political
parties in their nation. The opinions of voters in each nation is measured
on a wide variety of opinions, meaning every region and every nation is
unique, and constantly changing.

24. STRATOCRACY

A stratocracy is a form of government headed by military chiefs. It is not

the same as a military dictatorship or military junta where the military's
political power is not enforced or even supported by other laws.

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 25. TECHNOCRACY

Technocracy is a proposed system of governance in which decision-

makers are selected on the basis of their expertise in a given area of
responsibility, particularly with regard to scientific or technical
knowledge.

26. THEOCRACY

Theocracy is a form of government in which God or a deity of some type

is recognized as the supreme ruling authority, giving divine guidance to
human intermediaries that manage the day to day affairs of the
government.

27. TIMOCRACY

A timocracy in Aristotle's Politics is a state where only property owners

may participate in government. The more extreme forms of timocracy,
where power derives entirely from wealth with no regard for social or
civic responsibility, may shift in their form and become a plutocracy
where the wealthy rule.

28. CIVILIAN DICTATORSHIP

A civilian dictatorship is a form of government different from

military dictatorship and absolute monarchies where the
ruling dictator does not derive their power from the military.
Among civilian dictatorships, dominant-party dictatorships tend to
outlast personalistic dictatorships.

29. MILITARY DICTATORSHIP

A military dictatorship, also known as a military junta, is

a dictatorship wherein the military exerts complete or substantial control
over political authority, and a dictator is often a high
ranked military officer.

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 PEJORATIVE ATTRIBUTES
1. BANANA REPUBLIC

A banana republic has a society of extremely stratified social classes,

usually a large impoverished working class and a ruling-class plutocracy,
composed of the business, political, and military elites of that society.
The term banana republic is a pejorative descriptor for a servile
dictatorship that abets and supports, for kickbacks, the exploitation of
large-scale plantation agriculture, especially banana cultivation.

2. BANKOCRACY

Bankocracy or trapezocracy is a polemic term referring to the excessive

power or influence of banks on public policy-making. It can also refer to
a form of government where financial institutions rule society.

3. CORPORATOCRACY

Corporatocracy, from corporate and Greek: -κρατία, romanized: -kratía,

lit. 'domination by', short form corpocracy, is a recent term used to refer
to an economic and political system controlled by corporations or
corporate interests.

4. KHAKISTOCRACY

Khakistocracy (from khaki and kakistocracy) is a portmanteau word used

to refer to the military rule of a country often in collusion with the elite
and business classes. This is primarily done to garner support and to
perpetuate the military regime.

5. KLEPTOCRACY

Kleptocracy is a government with corrupt leaders that use their power to

exploit the people and natural resources of their own territory in order to
extend their personal wealth and political powers. Typically, this system
involves embezzlement of funds at the expense of the wider population
6. MERITOCRACY

Meritocracy is a political system in which economic goods and/or

political power are vested in individual people on the basis of talent,
effort, and achievement, rather than wealth or social class.
Advancement in such a system is based on performance, as measured
through examination or demonstrated achievement.

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 7. OCHLOCRACY

Ochlocracy or mob rule is the rule of government by mob or a mass of

people, or, the intimidation of legitimate authorities. As a pejorative for
majoritarianism, it is akin to the Latin phrase mobile vulgus, meaning
"the fickle crowd", from which the English term "mob" originally was
derived in the 1680s.

8. ADHOCRACY

Adhocracy is a flexible, adaptable and informal form of organization that

is defined by a lack of formal structure that employs specialized
multidisciplinary teams grouped by functions. It operates in an opposite
fashion to a bureaucracy.

9. ANOCRACY

Anocracy is a form of government loosely defined as part democracy

and part dictatorship, or as a "regime that mixes democratic with
autocratic features.

10. BAND SOCIETY

Band societies are simplest form of human society. Earlier societies did
not produce their own food and survived on hunting and gathering. This
hunting and gathering also called Food foraging. So band societies are
also called Food foraging societies.

11. BUREAUCRACY

Bureaucracy refers to both a body of non-elected government officials

and an administrative policy-making group. Historically, a bureaucracy
was a government administration managed by departments staffed with
non-elected officials.

12. CYBERSYNACY

Ruled by a data fed group of secluded individuals that regulates aspects

of public and private life using data feeds and technology having no
interactivity with the citizens but using "facts only" to decide direction.

13. NOMOCRACY

Government based on the rule of law rather than arbitrary will, terror,
etc.

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 FORMS OF GOVERNMENT BY POWER IDEOLOGY
1. CONSTITUTION

A constitution is an aggregate of fundamental principles or

established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity,
organization or other type of entity, and commonly determine how
that entity is to be governed.

2C. MONARCHY

A monarchy is a form of government in which a natural person,

the monarch, is head of state until death or abdication. The
governing power of the monarch may vary from purely symbolic or
partial, to restricted, to fully autocratic, combining heads of state,
government, legislature and judiciary.

2D. REPUBLIC

Is a form of government in which a state is ruled by

representatives of the citizen body. Modern republics are founded
on the idea that sovereignty rests with the people, though who is
included and excluded from the category of the people has varied
across history.

2E. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY (OR ABSOLUTISM)

Is a form of monarchy in which the monarch holds supreme

autocratic authority, principally not being restricted by written
laws, legislature, or customs. These are often
hereditary monarchies.

3F. CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY

A constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a non-

elected monarch functions as the head of state within the limits of
a constitution. Political power in a constitutional monarchy is
shared between the monarch and an organized government such
as the British Parliament

4G. CROWNED REPUBLIC

A crowned republic is a form of constitutional monarchy where the

monarch's role is commonly seen as largely ceremonial and where
all the royal prerogatives are prescribed by custom and law in
such a way that the monarch has limited discretion over
governmental and constitutional issues.

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 5H. ELECTIVE MONARCHY

An elective monarchy is a monarchy ruled by an elected monarch,

in contrast to a hereditary monarchy in which the office is
automatically passed down as a family inheritance. The manner of
election, the nature of candidate qualifications, and the electors
vary from case to case.

TYPES OF REPUBLIC
6I. CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC

A Constitutional Republic is a state where the officials are elected

as representatives of the people, and must govern according to
existing constitutional law that limits the government's power over
citizens.

7J. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

A democratic republic is a form of government operating on

principles adopted from a republic and a democracy. Rather than
being a cross between two entirely separate
systems, democratic republics may function on principles shared
by both republics and democracies.

8K. FEDERAL REPUBLIC

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

of government. At its core, the literal meaning of the word republic
when used to reference a form of government means: "a country
that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected
leader rather than by a king or queen.

9L. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC

An Islamic republic is the name given to several states that are

officially ruled by Islamic laws, including Iran, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, and Mauritania. Pakistan first adopted the title under the
constitution of 1956. Mauritania adopted it on 28 November
1958.

10M. PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC

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 A parliamentary republic is a republic that operates under
a parliamentary system of government where the executive
branch (the government) derives its legitimacy from and is
accountable to the legislature (the parliament). There are a
number of variations of parliamentary republics.

11N. PRESIDENTIAL REPUBLIC

A presidential system is a democratic and republican system of

government where a head of government leads an executive
branch that is separate from the legislative branch. ... Heads of
state of parliamentary republics, largely ceremonial in most cases,
are called presidents.

REFERENCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Dictatorship

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Dictatorship

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Republic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankocracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khakistocracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptocracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mepotocracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochlocracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhocracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergatocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anocracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geniocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_Society

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_Democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersynacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomocracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraterocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kritarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merotocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_Monarchy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_Republic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratocracy

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