Power Structure

Confederal
Federal
Hegemony
Imperial
Unitary

Power Source

Democracy

Direct
Representative

Power Source

Monarchy

Absolute
Constitutional

Power Source

Oligarchy

Aristocracy
Meritocracy
Military junta
Plutocracy
Stratocracy
Technocracy
Timocracy

Power Source

Other

Anarchy
Authoritarianism
Autocracy
Anocracy
Despotism
Dictatorship
Kritarchy
Republic
Theocracy
Totalitarianism

Aristarchic attributes

Aristocracy
Geniocracy
Kratocracy
Meritocracy
Technocracy

Autocratic attributes

Authoritarian
Autocracy
Despotism
Dictatorship
Fascism
Totalitarian

Democratic attributes

Democracy
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
Social Democracy

Monarchic attributes

Absolute Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
Elective Monarchy
Emirate
Monarchy

Oligarchic attributes

Bureaucracy
Ergatocracy
Kritarchy
Netocracy
Oligarchy
Plutocracy
Stratocracy
Timocracy
Theocracy

 


Other characteristic attributes

Adhocracy
Anarchism
Band Society
Chiefdom (Tribal)
Constitutional Republic
Cybersynacy
Nomocracy
Republic

Pejorative attributes

Bankocracy
Corporatocracy
Nepotocracy
Kakistocracy
Kleptocracy
Ochlocracy

Speculative attributes

Magocracy
Uniocracy

socio-economic attributes

Capitalism
Communism
Feudalism
Socialism
Welfare State

significant attributes

Rule according to higher law
Separation of church & state
Civilian control of military
Totalitarianism (Authoritarianism) vs. liberty
Police state
Patriarchy
matriarchy

approach to regional autonomy

Empire
Unitary state
Sovereignty located at centre & in peripheral areas.
Hegemony
Federation & Federal republic
Confederation
Diverging degrees of sovereignty.
Asymmetrical federalism
Federacy
Associated state
Devolved state - so