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Democracy power of many
Direct Representative Liberal Social Demarchy others
Oligarchy power of few
Anocracy Aristocracy Plutocracy Kakistocracy Kraterocracy Stratocracy Timocracy Meritocracy Technocracy Geniocracy Noocracy Kritarchy Particracy One-party state Ergatocracy Netocracy
Autocracy power of one
Despotism Dictatorship Military dictatorship
Others
Anarchy Theocracy

Monarchy vs. republic socio-political ideologies
Absolute Legalist Constitutional Parliamentary Directorial Semi-presidential Presidential
Authoritarian vs. libertarian socio-economic ideologies
Tribalism Despotism Feudalism Colonialism Distributism Anarchism Socialism Communism Totalitarianism
Global vs. local geo-cultural ideologies
Commune City-state National government Intergovernmental organisation World government