<Tr> <Td> Anarchy </Td> <Td> A society without a publicly enforced government or political authority . Sometimes said to be non-governance; it is a structure which strives for non-hierarchical, voluntary associations among agents . Anarchy is a situation where there is no state . When used in this sense, anarchy may or may not <P> This can be a natural, temporary result of civil war in a country, when an established state has been destroyed and the region is in a transitional period without definitive leadership . Alternatively, it has been presented as a viable long term choice by individuals known as anarchists who oppose the state and other forms of coercive hierarchies . These individuals typically think people should organize in non-hierarchical, voluntary associations where people voluntarily help each other . There are a variety of forms of anarchy that attempt to avoid the use of coercion, violence, force and authority, while still producing a productive and desirable society . </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> This can be a natural, temporary result of civil war in a country, when an established state has been destroyed and the region is in a transitional period without definitive leadership . Alternatively, it has been presented as a viable long term choice by individuals known as anarchists who oppose the state and other forms of coercive hierarchies . These individuals typically think people should organize in non-hierarchical, voluntary associations where people voluntarily help each other . There are a variety of forms of anarchy that attempt to avoid the use of coercion, violence, force and authority, while still producing a productive and desirable society . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Term </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Democracy </Td> <Td> Democracy, meaning "rule of the people", is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament . Democracy is sometimes referred to as "rule of the majority". Democracy is a system of processing conflicts in which outcomes depend on what participants do, but no single force controls what occurs and its outcomes . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oligarchy </Td> <Td> Oligarchy, meaning "rule of the few", is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people . These people might be distinguished by nobility, wealth, family ties, education or corporate, religious or military control . Such states are often controlled by families who typically pass their influence from one generation to the next, but inheritance is not a necessary condition for the application of this term . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Autocracy </Td> <Td> Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power (social and political) is concentrated in the hands of one person or polity, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection). Absolute monarchy (such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Brunei and Eswatini) and dictatorships (such as North Korea) are the main modern day forms of autocracy . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Term </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr>

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