Political Atlas

How Power Is Arranged
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This dimension names every country that actually uses a given political mechanism. Wikipedia notes that "electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments and also in non-political settings," with different countries adopting different rules for the same basic mechanism. Browsing this way collects every country that uses the same mechanism.

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Era of Emergence
1748 1
Countries Using It
Sources
1. Separation of powers (Wikipedia)
WikipediaSeparation of powers, Montesquieu section
Quote, Separation of powers, Montesquieu section
In The Spirit of Law (1748), Montesquieu described the various forms of distribution of political power among a legislature, an executive, and a judiciary.
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