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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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Ideologies

Planned Economy

A planned economy, also called a command economy, is an economic system in which the state owns or controls the means of production and a central auth

Documents

The Young Hegelians and Karl Marx

The Young Hegelians and Karl Marx is a 1969 book by the political scientist David McLellan.

Political Concepts

Polycentric Governance

Multiple centers of decision-making authority, formally independent of one another, that nonetheless function as a coherent system through relationshi

Events

Wuchang Uprising

On 10 October 1911, a mutiny by revolutionary soldiers of the New Army garrison in Wuchang, triggered by the accidental discovery of a bomb-making cel

Movements

Labour Movement

The labour movement is the collective organization of working people, through trade unions, labour-aligned political parties and the cooperative movem

Political Figures

Irfaan Ali

Mohamed Irfaan Ali, born April 25, 1980, in Leonora, has served as President of Guyana since August 2, 2020, and was re-elected to a second term after

Institutions

Social Democratic Party of Germany

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) is a social-democratic party. Its leader Olaf Scholz was chancellor from 8 December 2021 to 6 May 2025, h

Foreign relations and policy

Khamenei Supreme Leadership

The Khamenei Supreme Leadership is Iran's ultimate governing authority under Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, an Iranian Shia cleric and politician, i

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Comparative political science, history of political institutions

Which historical instance of centralized single-authority rule should count as the origin of the unitary state as a system of government?

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