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Name: Forms of Government
ID: m42914
Language: English (en)
Summary:
  • Define common forms of government, such as monarchy, oligarchy, dictatorship, and democracy
  • Compare common forms of government and identify real-life examples of each
Subject: Social Sciences
Keywords: Absolute monarchy, Anarchy, Constitutional monarchy, Democracy, Dictatorship, Monarchy, Oligarchy, Representative democracy, Totalitarian dictatorship
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Copyright Holders: Rice University (daniel@openstaxcollege.org)
Maintainers: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org), Sociology Cap (dcwill@rice.edu)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: Jan 27, 2012 4:52 pm -0600
Last revision to module: May 18, 2012 3:24 pm -0500

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Version: 1.2 May 18, 2012 3:24 pm -0500 by Sociology Cap
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Version: 1.1 Jan 30, 2012 2:04 pm -0600 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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