é (Government) (Political system) (Government grid- lock)
(Utopia) (Utopianism)
(Ethnocentrism)
(Absolutism) (Demagogue)
(Totalitarianism)
(Republicanism)
(Civil society) (Gross domestic product)
(Liberal democracy)
(Francis Fukuyama, 1952 )
(Democratization)
(Polyarchy) (Liberalization)
) (Westminster model)
(Consociational democracy) (The West)
(Exceptionalism) (Communism)
(New democracies) (Semi-democracy)
(Confucianism)
(Asian values)
(Theocracy)
(Authoritarianism) (Shari a)
(Junta)
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