<Table> <Tr> <Th> Term </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Democracy </Td> <Td> Democracy , meaning `` rule of the people '' , is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body , such as a parliament . Democracy is sometimes referred to as `` rule of the majority '' . Democracy is a system of processing conflicts in which outcomes depend on what participants do , but no single force controls what occurs and its outcomes . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oligarchy </Td> <Td> Oligarchy , meaning `` rule of the few '' , is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people . These people might be distinguished by nobility , wealth , family ties , education or corporate , religious or military control . Such states are often controlled by families who typically pass their influence from one generation to the next , but inheritance is not a necessary condition for the application of this term . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Autocracy </Td> <Td> Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power ( social and political ) is concentrated in the hands of one person or polity , whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control ( except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection ) . Absolute monarchy ( such as Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates , Oman , Brunei and Eswatini ) and dictatorships ( such as North Korea ) are the main modern day forms of autocracy . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Term </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Democracy </Td> <Td> Democracy , meaning `` rule of the people '' , is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body , such as a parliament . Democracy is sometimes referred to as `` rule of the majority '' . Democracy is a system of processing conflicts in which outcomes depend on what participants do , but no single force controls what occurs and its outcomes . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oligarchy </Td> <Td> Oligarchy , meaning `` rule of the few '' , is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people . These people might be distinguished by nobility , wealth , family ties , education or corporate , religious or military control . Such states are often controlled by families who typically pass their influence from one generation to the next , but inheritance is not a necessary condition for the application of this term . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Autocracy </Td> <Td> Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power ( social and political ) is concentrated in the hands of one person or polity , whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control ( except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection ) . Absolute monarchy ( such as Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates , Oman , Brunei and Eswatini ) and dictatorships ( such as North Korea ) are the main modern day forms of autocracy . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
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Democracy
Democracy