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1160:Bureaucracy
1025:Meritocracy
1005:Directorial
694:Multi-party
537:Party chair
487:Backbencher
423:Minor party
419:Major party
399:Competitive
389:Elite party
324:Nationalism
259:Agrarianism
197:Centre-Left
177:Centre-Left
1765:Government
1744:Categories
1707:multiparty
1690:References
1573:By country
1561:system".
1394:Governance
1384:Government
1379:Federalism
980:City-state
721:Coalitions
639:Party line
428:Mass party
384:Bloc party
359:Syncretism
319:Monarchism
309:Liberalism
251:Ideologies
217:Right-Wing
80:newspapers
1760:Elections
1622:Indonesia
1578:Argentina
1566:centrists
1555:coalition
1522:Unlike a
1512:coalition
1489:elections
1374:Unitarism
1362:Elections
1350:Subseries
1279:Judiciary
1274:Executive
1177:Adhocracy
1060:Theocracy
1015:Feudalism
995:Democracy
689:Two-party
675:One-party
592:Open list
552:Secretary
364:Third Way
354:Socialism
274:Communism
264:Anarchism
232:Far-Right
162:Left-Wing
1668:See also
1402:Ideology
1220:doctrine
1181:Service
1045:Republic
1030:Monarchy
1010:Federacy
899:Category
879:Politics
329:Populism
304:Islamism
294:Feminism
172:Far-Left
1662:Ukraine
1654:Tunisia
1626:Ireland
1614:Iceland
1610:Germany
1602:Finland
1598:Denmark
1586:Belgium
1582:Armenia
1407:Culture
1317:Country
975:Anarchy
889:Outline
289:Fascism
94:scholar
1733:(109).
1658:Turkey
1650:Sweden
1646:Poland
1640:, the
1638:Norway
1628:, the
1606:France
1594:Canada
1590:Brazil
1526:(or a
1367:voting
1309:Polity
1207:Policy
1186:Public
1100:theory
492:Caucus
249:Major
187:Centre
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1618:India
1479:is a
1390:forms
1313:State
1190:Civil
894:Index
377:Types
101:JSTOR
87:books
1660:and
1475:, a
562:Whip
73:news
1471:In
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