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  2. Self-governance - Wikipedia

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    Self-governance, self-government, self-sovereignty, or self-rule is the ability of a person or group to exercise all necessary functions of regulation without intervention from an external authority. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It may refer to personal conduct or to any form of institution , such as family units , social groups , affinity groups , legal ...

  3. Self-policing - Wikipedia

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    Self-policing is another term for self-governance, a group or community autonomously managing their own affairs. Self-policing may also refer to: Emotional self-regulation; Industry self-regulation; Self-control, in sociology / psychology; Self-regulatory organizations, in business and finance

  4. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    A form of government where the monarch is elected, a modern example being the King of Cambodia, who is chosen by the Royal Council of the Throne; Vatican City is also often considered a modern elective monarchy. Self-proclaimed monarchy: A form of government where the monarch claims a monarch title without a nexus to the previous monarch dynasty.

  5. Autonomy - Wikipedia

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    Other examples include Kosovo (as the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo) under the former Yugoslav government of Marshal Tito [8] and Puntland Autonomous Region within Federal Republic of Somalia. Although often being territorially defined as self-governments, autonomous self-governing institutions may take a non-territorial form.

  6. Swaraj - Wikipedia

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    Swaraj lays stress on governance, not by a hierarchical government, but by self-governance through individuals and community building. The focus is on political decentralisation . [ 3 ] Since this is against the political and social systems followed by Britain , Gandhi's concept of Swaraj advocated India's discarding British political, economic ...

  7. Independent agencies of the United States government

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    The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), government backer of credit unions, equivalent to the FDIC. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) administers the principal United States labor law, the National Labor Relations Act. The board is vested with the power to prevent or remedy unfair labor practices and to safeguard employees ...

  8. Government - Wikipedia

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    A government is the system or group of people ... government is also sometimes used in English as a synonym for rule or ... However self-identification is ...

  9. Kleptocracy - Wikipedia

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    Kleptocracy (from Greek κλέπτης kléptēs, "thief", or κλέπτω kléptō, "I steal", and -κρατία-kratía from κράτος krátos, "power, rule"), also referred to as thievocracy, [1] [2] is a government whose corrupt leaders (kleptocrats) use political power to expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern ...