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Basic Forms of Government

A Sketch and a Model

Palgrave Macmillan

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Part of the book series: Studies in Comparative Politics (STCP)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-5
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 7-9
  3. A Sketch of Historical Political Systems

    1. Primitive Government

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 11-14
    2. Early Empires

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 15-18
    3. The Greek Cities

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 19-26
    4. Republican Rome

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 27-30
    5. Imperial Rome

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 31-34
    6. Oriental Despotism

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 35-37
    7. Feudal Government

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 38-42
    8. The Early Modern State

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 43-46
    9. The Modern Nation State

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 47-51
    10. Modern Autocracy

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 52-54
    11. Modern Republics

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 55-57
    12. Totalitarian Government

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 58-60
    13. The Future of Government

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 61-64
  4. A Model of the Elementary Types of Government

    1. The Problem

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 65-68
    2. Questions, Answers and Theories

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 69-73
    3. The Three Patterns

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 74-81
    4. Conclusions and Difficulties

      • Bernard Crick
      Pages 82-88
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 89-96

Authors and Affiliations

  • Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

    Bernard Crick

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