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Autocracy is a government where one ruler holds absolute power. Examples include absolute monarchies and dictatorships, historically and presently. The article explores different types and historical contexts.
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Autocracy An autocracy is a form of government in which one ruler has absolute control and decision-making power in all matters of state and over all the countryβs people. Grades 5 - 8 Subjects Social Studies, Civics Image Joseph Stalin After the death of the Soviet Union's founder, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin ruled the the USSR in autocratic fashion. ArticleVocabulary An autocracy is a form of government in which one ruler has absolute control and decision-making power. Autocracies have existed since ancient times, when kings and emperors ruled over great countries and tribal lands, and they exist today in the form of absolute monarchies and dictatorships. Unlike in a democracy, the people living in countries with autocratic governments have no say in determining the nationβs laws, or in how those laws are enforced. An autocratic ruler is accountable to no one; there is no system of checks and balances, no constitutional limit on the rulerβs power, and the ruler is not h...
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