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Federal system
State has a federal governments and smaller, more local governments
Examples: Mexico and Nigeria
Authoritarian regime
Highly centralized power maintained by political repression
Examples: Russia, China, Iran
Oligarchs
Russia’s elites
Democratic regime
System of government in which state power is vested in the people
Examples: UK
Unitary system
A single central government that has total power over political subdivisions
Fang shou cycle
Chinese for opening and closing
Rule by law
The government is exempt from the law
Rule of law
The people and the government are subject to the law
Oil
Nigeria, Mexico and Iran’s main export
Devolution
When the central government gives out power with the condition that it can be taken back
Parliamentary system
Contains a parliament where the legislative and executive branches are fused together
Charismatic legitimacy
The belief that the government has the right to rule based on the charisma of the leader
Ex: Putin, Mao
Which countries contain two 6 year terms?
Russia and Mexico
Mixed presidential system
Country contains both a president and a prime minister
Ex: China and Russia
Presidential system
Has a President
Ex: Iran, Nigeria
Who makes up the legislative branch in Russia?
The Duma who are elected by a mixed system of part plurality and SMD
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