political system

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliticalandsystem

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political
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/
us
/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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system
noun
uk
/ˈsɪs.təm/
us
/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandsystemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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From this perspective, the function of public participation in thepoliticalsystemis a negative one.
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This is an assessment of corruption within thepoliticalsystem.
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Within the existing internationalpoliticalsystem, each national government is accountable to its own people.
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They also assumed that the work of anti-corruption organisations and structures could be carried out in the prevailing quasi-authoritarianpoliticalsystem.
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Within thispoliticalsystem, various world views contended with one another and periods marked by the domination of changing substructures followed one another.
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A familiar notion, again, is that a nationalpoliticalsystemcan be stimulated by the permanent jockeying for position among party elites.
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Nevertheless, it was also modified to reflect changes that occurred in the internationalpoliticalsystem.
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The former refers to apoliticalsystemwhere the national government is sovereign relative to its territorial units (if any).
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Once competitive electoral politics have been restored, a number of characteristics of the post transitionpoliticalsystemare significant.
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The type ofpoliticalsystemestablished after the return to competitive electoral politics had an impact on the number of women elected in both countries.
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They were firmly located within apoliticalsystem, and their relationships were necessarily dynamic.
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Predictably, the changes in the 1990s have occurred because each one of these pillars has changed, no longer supporting the postwarpoliticalsystem.
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The rigidity of thepoliticalsystemhas thus provided what amounts to the functional equivalent of social norms for helping people manage their lives.
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However, apoliticalsystemwith multiple levels of authority can help reduce the uncertainties by granting conditional autonomy to lower-level authorities.
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The economic collapse exposed the frailty of apoliticalsystemwhich had lacked legitimacy even during the preceding brief period of relative stability.
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Thus, monarchs can stand above tribal, religious, ethnic, and regional divisions by acting as the linchpin of thepoliticalsystem.
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The model presented here demonstrates the importance of considering information when explaining the number of parties in apoliticalsystem.
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