What is a provisional government?
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A puppet, before a rebellion or a coup.
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It's commander in chief, not and chief... anyway, as they have said, a dictatorship is a country ruled by one person who seized power, as opposed to a monarchy, in which sole rule is passed down from person to person.\n\nThe following countries are currently considered to be under a dictatorship, though of course they wouldn't say so. Gabon, Libya, Equitorial Guinea, Angola, Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Chad, the Central African Republic, Mauritania, Cuba, Syria, Maldives, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Laos, Burma, North Korea, and Belarus.
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Early form of civil government.
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It would help if you told us where you saw those terms used because academics like to throw random words like that around all the time. I've heard of developmental democracy, implying that a democratic political system hasn't been fully formed yet and only includes some elements of democracy (usually formal processes like elections, but no change of government). I would say a "developmental state" has the same idea behind it, maybe to include economic and social development.\n\nA minimal state, though, often referenced alongside "neoliberalist" economic policies refers to instances where governments limit their role in citizens lives. Accordingly, governments are only responsible for national security, law and order and regulation of market (but only to prevent corruption and economic crises).
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It's actually a form of dictatorship, but the name was chosen strictly for PR value. The name makes it sound like the government actually is for the people.
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This is a guess; direct government would be the parts directly accountable to elected politicians. Indirect would be those parts not directly accountable eg the judiciary where judges may amend laws but are not accountable to an electorate; an example would be the supreme court in the USA
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A political unit, such as a city, town, or village, incorporated for local self-government.\nA body of officials appointed to manage the affairs of a local political unit.
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Government is a system of social control under which the right to make laws, and the right to enforce them, is vested in a particular group in society. \n\nGovernments are distinguished by whether power is held by one man, a few, or a majority. Today, it is common to distinguish between types of government on the basis of institutional organization and the degree of control exercised over the society.\n\nOrganizationally, governments may be classified into parliamentary or presidential systems, depending on the relationship between executive and legislature. Government may also be classified according to the distribution of power at different levels. \n\nThe basic law determining the form of government is called the constitution and may be written, as in the United States, or largely unwritten, as in Great Britain. Modern governments perform many functions besides the traditional ones of providing internal and external security, order, and justice; most are involved in providing welfare services, regulating the economy, and establishing educational systems. The extreme case of governmental regulation of every aspect of people's lives is totalitarianism.
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A gov't that does both.
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Depends whter the country has a Presidential system or not. In a presidential system the Presidnt is eleced and is the head of state. In a non-presidential system the P.M is highest elected representative so the president or monarch is just a rubber stamp.
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The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Shadow Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster System of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual member of the government. Members of a shadow cabinet are often but not always appointed to a Cabinet post if and when their party gets into government. It is the Shadow Cabinet's responsibility to pass criticism on the current government and its respective legislation, as well as deciding where amendments to the legislation are necessary.\n\nIn the United Kingdom and Canada the major opposition party and specifically its shadow cabinet is often called Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. The adjective "loyal" is used because, while there are policy differences, everyone acknowledges the role of the opposition in the system. However in other countries that use the Westminster system (eg. Australia and New Zealand), the opposition is known simply as The Parliamentary Opposition.\n\nSome parliamentary parties, notably the British Labour Party and the Australian Labor Party, elect all the members of their shadow cabinets in a partyroom ballot, with the Leader of the Opposition then allocating portfolios to the Shadow Ministers. In other parliamentary parties, the membership and composition of the Shadow Cabinet is generally determined solely by the Leader of the Opposition.
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Russia had an imperial government before 1917 under the rule of leaders called Czars.
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This depends upon the rules the govern the formation of government and what powers are given and to whom. The document which defines this is usually a country's constitution (written or unwritten). Generally, ministers are selected by a Prime Minister, from within his/her own party or coalition party members. Emphasis is put on seniority within the party,  rewarding party members, competence and forming a stable government.
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I'm not sure. Let me ask my mommy.   ....................(5 minute temporary pause)............\nShe says it's a temporary system where temporary people cast temporary votes in temporary ballot boxes with temporary 'hanging tabs' in a temporary election to temporarily elect a temporary President for a temporary period. \nOooh, isn´t my mommy smart?
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local government is the government in your state/town.\nfederal government runs the country where you live
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A regime (occasionally spelled "régime", particularly in older texts) denotes any system of social control, or more specifically, a form of government, especially one which is closely associated with a specific individual (eg. "the Saddam regime", or "the Salazar regime"), or based on a particular ideology (eg. "a communist" regime", "a fascist regime", or "a military regime").
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Yes.  The government wesite is below.