Who rules in the form of government known as 'Stratocracy'?
"into effect in 2010 cemented the military's hold on power through mechanisms such as reserving 25% of the seats in the legislature for military personnel. The United Kingdom overseas territory, the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the island of Cyprus, provides another example of a stratocracy: British Forces Cyprus governs the territory, with Major-General James Illingworth OBE serving as administrator from February 2017. Cossacks were predominantly East Slavic people who became known as members of democratic, semi-military and semi-naval communities, predominantly located in Ukraine and in Southern Russia. They inhabited sparsely populated areas and islands in the"
"Aristocracy Aristocracy (Greek ἀριστοκρατία ""aristokratía"", from ἄριστος """" ""excellent"", and κράτος, kratos 'rule') is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class. The term derives from the Greek ""aristokratia"", meaning ""rule of the best-born"". The term is synonymous with hereditary government, and hereditary succession is its primary philosophy, after which the hereditary monarch appoints officers as they see fit. At the time of the word's origins in ancient Greece, the Greeks conceived it as rule by the best qualified citizens—and often contrasted it favourably with monarchy, rule by an individual. In later"
"Plantocracy A plantocracy, also known as a slavocracy, is a ruling class, political order or government composed of (or dominated by) plantation owners. A number of early European colonies in the New World were largely plantocracies, usually consisting of a small European settler population relying on a predominantly West African chattel slave population (as well as smaller numbers of indentured servants, both European and non-European in origin), and later, freed Black and poor white sharecroppers for labor. These plantocracies proved to be a decisive force in the anti-abolitionist movement. One prominent organization largely representing (and collectively funded by) a number"
"Androcracy Androcracy is a form of government in which the government rulers are male. The males, especially fathers, have the central roles of political leadership, moral authority, and control of property. It is also sometimes called a phallocracy, phallocratic, andrarchy, or an androcentric society. This term derives from the Greek root words ""andros"", ""man"", and ""krateo"" (as in democratic), or ""to rule"". Traditionally, influential political positions have been disproportionately occupied by males. With the rise of feminism since the late 19th century, opinions concerning women in politics have changed in a manner that has facilitated an increase in female political"
"Ethnocracy An ethnocracy is a type of political structure in which the state apparatus is appropriated by a dominant ethnic group (or groups) to further its interests, power and resources. Ethnocratic regimes typically display a combination of 'thin' democratic facade covering a more profound ethnic structure, in which ethnicity (or race, or religion) – and not citizenship – is the key to securing power and resources. An ethnocratic society facilitates the ethnicization of the state by the dominant group, through the expansion of control, often through conflict with minorities and neighboring states. In the 20th century, a few states passed,"
"Logocracy Logocracy is the rule of, or government by, words. It is derived from the Greek (logos)—""word"" and from (kratos)—to ""govern"". The term can be used either positively, ironically, or negatively. The United States is described as a logocracy in Washington Irving's 1807 work, ""Salmagundi"". A visiting foreigner, ""Mustapha Rub-a-dub Keli Khan"", describes it as such, by which he means that via the tricky use of words, one can have power over others. Those most adept at this are termed ""slang-whangers"", while Congress is a ""blustering, windy assembly"". Mustapha describes how: ""unknown to these people themselves, their government is a"
"Autocracy An autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person, 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 monarchies (such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Brunei and Swaziland) and dictatorships (such as Turkmenistan and North Korea) are the main modern-day forms of autocracy. In earlier times, the term ""autocrat"" was coined as a favorable feature of the ruler, having some connection to the concept of ""lack"
"Theocracy Theocracy is a form of government in which a religious institution is the source from which all authority derives. The ""Oxford English Dictionary"" has this definition: An ecclesiocracy is a situation where the religious leaders assume a leading role in the state, but do not claim that they are instruments of divine revelation: for example, the prince-bishops of the European Middle Ages, where the bishop was also the temporal ruler. Such a state may use the administrative hierarchy of the religion for its own administration, or it may have two ""arms""—administrators and clergy—but with the state administrative hierarchy subordinate"
"Noocracy Noocracy ( or ), or ""aristocracy of the wise"", as defined by Plato, is a social and political system that is ""based on the priority of human mind"", according to Vladimir Vernadsky. It was also further developed in the writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The word itself is derived from Greek nous, Gen. noos (νους) meaning ""mind"" or ""intellect"", and ""kratos"" (κράτος), ""authority"" or ""power"". One of the first attempts to implement such a political system was perhaps Pythagoras' ""city of the wise"" that he planned to build in Italy together with his followers, the order of ""mathematikoi""."
"Tellurocracy Tellurocracy (from the Latin ""tellus"" ""land"" and the Greek κράτος ""power"") is a type of civilization or state system that is clearly associated with the development of land territories and consistent penetration into inland territories. Tellurocratic states have a certain territory and the state-forming ethnic majority living on it, around which further expansion takes place. The opposite of tellurocracy is thalassocracy (maritime empires), although in the pure type of a particular state is rarely observed. Usually there is a combination of tellurocratic characteristics with thalassocratic. In political geography, geopolitics and geo-economics, the term is used to explain the power"
"Aristotle's Politics. In his book Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes expands on this classification. An autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person, 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). A despotism is a government ruled by a single entity with absolute power, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regular mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for implicit threat). That entity may be an individual, as in"
"but there are also elective monarchies where the monarch is elected. Aristocracy (Greek ἀριστοκρατία ""aristokratía"", from ἄριστος """" ""excellent"", and κράτος """" ""power"") is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class. Many monarchies were aristocracies, although in modern constitutional monarchies the monarch himself or herself has little real power. The term ""Aristocracy"" could also refer to the non-peasant, non-servant, and non-city classes in the Feudal system. An oligarchy is ruled by a small group of segregated, powerful or influential people who usually share similar interests or family relations. These people may"
"who love the sight of truth"" (Republic 475c) and supports the idea with the analogy of a captain and his ship or a doctor and his medicine. According to him, sailing and health are not things that everyone is qualified to practice by nature. A large part of the Republic then addresses how the educational system should be set up to produce these philosopher kings. Aristocracy Aristocracy (Greek ἀριστοκρατία ""aristokratía"", from ἄριστος """" ""excellent"", and κράτος, kratos 'rule') is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class. The term derives from the"
"Ideocracy Ideocracy (a portmanteau word combining ""ideology"" and ""kratos"", Greek for ""power"") is ""governance of a state according to the principles of a particular (political) ideology; a state or country governed in this way"". It is government based on a monistic ideology — as distinct from an authoritarian state which is characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms. An ideocratic state can either be totalitarian—citizens being forced to follow an ideology—or populist (citizens voluntarily following an ideology). Every government has ideological bases from which assumptions and policies are drawn, but ideocracies are governments wherein one dominant ideology has"
"Timocracy A timocracy (from Greek τιμή ""timē"", ""price, worth"" and -κρατία ""-kratia"", ""rule"") in Aristotle's ""Politics"" is a state where only property owners may participate in government. The more extreme forms of timocracy, where power derives entirely from wealth with no regard for social or civic responsibility, may shift in their form and become a plutocracy where the wealthy rule. Solon introduced the ideas of ""timokratia"" as a graded oligarchy in his Solonian Constitution for Athens in the early 6th century BC. His was the first known deliberately implemented form of timocracy, allocating political rights and economic responsibility depending on"
"in mind, also making an example of an autocracy ruled by a political party rather than solely one man. Soviet Union: During Joseph Stalin's rule. Spain: During Francisco Franco's rule. Autocracy An autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person, 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 monarchies (such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Brunei and Swaziland) and dictatorships (such as Turkmenistan and North Korea)"
"as the regime in power. According to Aristotle, states are classified into monarchies, aristocracies, timocracies, democracies, oligarchies, and tyrannies. Due to changes across the history of politics, this classification has been abandoned. All states are varieties of a single organizational form, the sovereign state. All the great powers of the modern world rule on the principle of sovereignty. Sovereign power may be vested on an individual as in an autocratic government or it may be vested on a group as in a constitutional government. Constitutions are written documents that specify and limit the powers of the different branches of government."
"of plantocracies was the ""West India Interest"", which lobbied in the British Parliament. It is credited (or conversely, discredited) in constituting a significant impetus in delaying the abolition of the slave trade from taking place in the 1790s to being implemented in 1806-1808; and likewise, with respect to prospects of emancipation being proclaimed in the 1820s (instead, a policy known as ""Amelioration"" was formally adopted throughout 1823-1833), to it being implemented in 1834-1838. Plantocracy A plantocracy, also known as a slavocracy, is a ruling class, political order or government composed of (or dominated by) plantation owners. A number of early"
"reality and tend to degrade successively into each other: timocracy, oligarchy (also called plutocracy), democracy and tyranny (also called despotism). Timocracy Socrates defines a timocracy as a government of people who love rule and honor. Socrates argues that the timocracy emerges from aristocracy due to a civil war breaking out among the ruling class and the majority. Over time, many more births will occur to people who lack aristocratic, guardian qualities, slowly drawing the populace away from knowledge, music, poetry and ""guardian education"", toward money-making and the acquisition of possessions. This civil war between those who value wisdom and those"
"Corporatocracy Corporatocracy (, from 'corporate' and , short form corpocracy, is a recent term used to refer to an economic and political system controlled by corporations or corporate interests. It is most often used as a term to describe the economic situation in a particular country. This is different from corporatism, which is the organisation of society into groups with common interests. Corporatocracy as a term is often used by observers across the political spectrum. Economist Jeffrey Sachs described the United States as a corporatocracy in ""The Price of Civilization"" (2011). He suggested that it arose from four trends: weak"
"by some authors, like Cynthia Eller in her book ""The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory"". Androcracy Androcracy is a form of government in which the government rulers are male. The males, especially fathers, have the central roles of political leadership, moral authority, and control of property. It is also sometimes called a phallocracy, phallocratic, andrarchy, or an androcentric society. This term derives from the Greek root words ""andros"", ""man"", and ""krateo"" (as in democratic), or ""to rule"". Traditionally, influential political positions have been disproportionately occupied by males. With the rise of feminism since the late 19th century, opinions concerning women in"
"Kleptocracy Kleptocracy (from Greek κλέπτης ""kléptēs"", ""thief"", κλέπτω ""kléptō"", ""I steal"", and -κρατία -""kratía"" from κράτος ""krátos"", ""power, rule"") is a government with corrupt leaders (kleptocrats) that use their power to exploit the people and natural resources of their own territory in order to extend their personal wealth and political powers. Typically, this system involves embezzlement of funds at the expense of the wider population. Kleptocracy is different from a plutocracy; A kleptocracy is a government ruled by corrupt politicians who use their political power to receive kickbacks, bribes, and special favors at the expense of the populace. Kleptocrats may"
"Thalassocracy A thalassocracy (from Classical Greek (""thalassa""), meaning ""sea"", and (""kratein""), meaning ""power"", giving Koine Greek (""thalassokratia""), ""sea power"") is a state with primarily maritime realms, an empire at sea (such as the Phoenician network of merchant cities) or a seaborne empire. Traditional thalassocracies seldom dominate interiors, even in their home territories: Phoenician Tyre, Sidon, and Carthage, or Srivijaya and Majapahit in Southeast Asia. One can distinguish this traditional sense of ""thalassocracy"" from an ""empire"", where the state's territories, though possibly linked principally or solely by the sea lanes, generally extend into mainland interiors: the Bruneian Empire (1368–1888) in Asia."
"Gerontocracy A gerontocracy is a form of oligarchical rule in which an entity is ruled by leaders who are significantly older than most of the adult population. The ancient Greeks were among the first to believe in this idea of gerontocracies; as famously stated by Plato, ""it is for the elder man to rule and for the younger to submit"". However, these beliefs are not unique to ancient Greece, as many cultures still subscribe to this way of thinking. Often these political structures are such that political power within the ruling class accumulates with age, making the oldest the holders"
"who have souls made of gold and silver). A timocracy, in choosing its leaders, is ""inclining rather to the more high-spirited and simple-minded type, who are better suited for war"". The city-state of Sparta provided Plato with a real-world model for this form of government. Modern observers might describe Sparta as a totalitarian or one-party state, although the details we know of its society come almost exclusively from Sparta's enemies. The idea of militarism-stratocracy accurately reflects the fundamental values of Spartan society. 3. Websters New World Dictionary ""of the American Language"" second college edition page 1490 Timocracy A timocracy (from"
"who could not be questioned, sometimes even being the descendant of, or a god in their own right. Today, there is also a form of government where clerics have the power and the supreme leader could not be questioned in action. From the perspective of the theocratic government, ""God himself is recognized as the head"" of the state, hence the term ""theocracy"", from the Koine Greek ""rule of God"", a term used by Josephus for the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Taken literally, ""theocracy"" means rule by God or gods and refers primarily to an internal ""rule of the heart"","
"Plutocracy A plutocracy (, ', 'wealth' + , ', 'power') or plutarchy is a society that is ruled or controlled by people of great wealth or income. The first known use of the term in English dates from 1631. Unlike systems such as democracy, capitalism, socialism or anarchism, plutocracy is not rooted in an established political philosophy. The concept of plutocracy may be advocated by the wealthy classes of a society in an indirect or surreptitious fashion, though the term itself is almost always used in a pejorative sense. The term ""plutocracy"" is generally used as a pejorative to describe"
"Upon reaching 50, they are fully aware of the form of good, and totally mature and ready to lead. Socrates discusses four unjust constitutions: timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny. He argues that a society will decay and pass through each government in succession, eventually becoming a tyranny, the most unjust regime of all. The starting point is an imagined, alternate aristocracy (ruled by a philosopher-king); a just government dominated by the wisdom-loving element. When its social structure breaks down and enters civil war, it is replaced by timocracy. The timocratic government is dominated by the spirited element, with a ruling"
"dictator Idi Amin Dada has also been described as an ethnocracy favouring certain indigenous groups over others, as well as for the ethnic cleansing of Indians in Uganda by Amin. Ethnocracy An ethnocracy is a type of political structure in which the state apparatus is appropriated by a dominant ethnic group (or groups) to further its interests, power and resources. Ethnocratic regimes typically display a combination of 'thin' democratic facade covering a more profound ethnic structure, in which ethnicity (or race, or religion) – and not citizenship – is the key to securing power and resources. An ethnocratic society facilitates"
"polity and risk seeing their needs represented even less than they currently are. Noocracy Noocracy ( or ), or ""aristocracy of the wise"", as defined by Plato, is a social and political system that is ""based on the priority of human mind"", according to Vladimir Vernadsky. It was also further developed in the writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The word itself is derived from Greek nous, Gen. noos (νους) meaning ""mind"" or ""intellect"", and ""kratos"" (κράτος), ""authority"" or ""power"". One of the first attempts to implement such a political system was perhaps Pythagoras' ""city of the wise"" that he"
"Sociocracy Sociocracy, also known as dynamic governance, is a system of governance which seeks to achieve solutions that create harmonious social environments as well as productive organizations and businesses. It is distinguished by the use of consent rather than majority voting in decision-making, and decision-making after discussion by people who know each other. The Sociocratic Circle-Organization Method (SCM) was developed in the Netherlands by electrical engineer and entrepreneur Gerard Endenburg and is based on the work of peace activists and educators Betty Cadbury and Kees Boeke and is a recent instantiation of the approach. The word sociocracy is derived from"
"more specifically to refer to the approximately 200 independent national governments on Earth, as well as subsidiary organizations. Historically prevalent forms of government include monarchy, aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, theocracy and tyranny. The main aspect of any philosophy of government is how political power is obtained, with the two main forms being electoral contest and hereditary succession. A government is the system to govern a state or community. The word ""government"" derives, ultimately, from the Greek verb κυβερνάω [""kubernáo""] (meaning ""to steer"" with gubernaculum (rudder), the metaphorical sense being attested in Plato's Ship of State). The Columbia Encyclopedia defines government"
"Tetrarchy The term ""tetrarchy"" (from the , ""tetrarchia"", ""leadership of four [people]"") describes any form of government where power is divided among four individuals, but in modern usage usually refers to the system instituted by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293, marking the end of the Crisis of the Third Century and the recovery of the Roman Empire. This tetrarchy lasted until c. 313, when mutually destructive conflict eliminated most of the claimants to power, leaving Constantine in control of the western half of the empire, and Licinius in control of the eastern half. Although the term ""tetrarch"" was current in"