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Government & political thought

Every system of power, one connected map of rule.

Political Atlas is a cross-referenced encyclopedia of government and political thought, from ideologies, constitutions, and movements to parliaments, elections, and beyond. Search any system and follow its threads through every order it shaped.

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Political Concepts

Mandate of Heaven

The Mandate of Heaven is the Chinese political doctrine that Heaven grants the right to rule to a virtuous sovereign, the Son of Heaven, and withdraws

Events

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom brought roughly 250,000 people to the National Mall on August 28, 1963, to press for federal civil rights

Movements

Anti-Apartheid Movement

The anti-apartheid movement was a domestic and international campaign of protest, boycott, and resistance against South Africa's system of racial segr

Political Figures

Karl Popper

Karl Popper is generally regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the twentieth century, and he was also a social and political phil

Institutions

Christian Democratic Union of Germany

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) is a Christian-democratic and conservative political party. Its leader Friedrich Merz became chancello

Foreign relations and policy

Luc Frieden Government

The Luc Frieden Government is the government of Luxembourg under Prime Minister Luc Frieden of the Christian Social People's Party, operating within a

Systems of Government

One-Party State

A one-party state is a country in which a single political party controls the government, either by law or in practice.

Political Mechanisms

Referendum

A direct vote by the electorate on a specific proposed law, policy or constitutional change, rather than a decision left to elected representatives. I

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Sinology and archaeoastronomy

What year did the Zhou conquest of the Shang, the event the Mandate of Heaven doctrine was first invoked to justify, actually take place?

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