Republican
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- Advocates of a republic A republic is a form of government in which at least a part of its people have some element of formal control over its government,, and in which the head of state is not a monarch The word "republic" is derived from the Latin phrase res publica, which can be translated as "a public affair", a form of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is generally associated with the rule of law
- Republicanism Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context. The sometimes contrary definitions are all covered in this article, the ideology in support of republics or against monarchy; the opposite of monarchism Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment, preservation, or restoration of a monarchy as a form of government in a nation. A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government out of principle, independent from the person, the Monarch
- Republicanism in Australia Republicanism in Australia is a movement to change Australia's status as a constitutional monarchy to a republican form of government. Such sentiments have been expressed in Australia from before federation onward to the present, generally achieving little success or approval. Modern arguments focus on abolishing the Australian monarchy
- Republicanism in Canada Canadian republicanism is the appreciation amongst Canadians for the replacement of the Canadian system of constitutional monarchy with a preferred republican form of government – in the sense of the state headed by a president. These beliefs are expressed either individually – generally in academic circles – or through the country's one
- Republicanism in New Zealand Republicanism in New Zealand is either an expression of political dissent against the existing government, or a theoretical political concept, the implementation of which would result in changing New Zealand's current status as a Commonwealth realm and constitutional monarchy to that of a republic
- Republicanism in the United Kingdom Republicanism in the United Kingdom is the movement which seeks to remove the British monarchy and replace it with a republic that has a non-hereditary head of state. The method by which the head of state should be chosen is not agreed upon, with some favouring an elected president, some an appointed head of state with little power, and others
- Classical republicanism Classical republicanism is a form of republicanism originating from and inspired by the governmental forms and writings of classical antiquity. After a gaping centuries-long period of neglect due to unique arrangements of medieval feudalism lasting until the Renaissance, its main ideas were recovered and went on to flourish during Classicism and, republicanism as formulated in the Renaissance
- Republicanism Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context. The sometimes contrary definitions are all covered in this article, the ideology in support of republics or against monarchy; the opposite of monarchism Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment, preservation, or restoration of a monarchy as a form of government in a nation. A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government out of principle, independent from the person, the Monarch
- A member of a Republican Party:
- List of Republican Parties, a complete listing
- Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP, despite being the younger of the two major parties. The party's platform is generally considered right of center, the largest conservative Conservatism in the United States is a major American political philosophy. In contemporary American politics, it is often associated with the Republican Party. Core conservative principles include a trust in God and country, and many U.S. conservatives support a fiscal policy rooted in small government, laissez faire capitalism, and supply-side party in the U.S.
- Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , shortened to Fianna Fáil (Irish pronunciation: [ˌfʲiənə ˈfɔːlʲ]) is a political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the largest party in both houses of the Oireachtas, Ireland's bicameral parliament, and the leading party in a coalition government with the Green Party, which also has the support, a centrist Irish party also known as the Republican Party
- List of Republican People's Parties, a complete listing
- Institutions or supporters of particular governments that called themselves republics, including:
- List of republics For Antiquity the assessment of whether a state organisation is a republic is an analysis by retrospect, left to the discretion of historians and political theorists, a complete listing
- Roman Republic The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterised by a republican form of government. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, c. 509 BC, and lasted 482 years until its subversion, through a series of civil wars, into the Principate form of government and the Imperial period, as well as supporters of the Republic during the Roman Empire
- Second Spanish Republic The Second Spanish Republic was the system of government in Spain between April 14, 1931, when King Alfonso XIII left the country following local and municipal elections in which republican candidates won the majority of votes, and April 1, 1939, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered to National (nacionales) forces led by Francisco, during the Spanish Civil War, as well as its supporters
- Various French Republics France (pronounced /ˈfræns/ or /ˈfrɑːns/; French pronunciation (help·info): [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, pronounced: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a member state of the European Union located in its western region, with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents. France, most notably the First Republic The French First Republic was founded on 22 September 1792, by the newly established National Convention. The First Republic lasted until the declaration of the First French Empire in 1804 under Napoleon. This period is characterized by the fall of the monarchy, the establishment of the National Convention and the infamous Reign of Terror, the established during the French Revolution and the Second Republic The French Second Republic was the republican government of France between the 1848 Revolution and the coup by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte which initiated the Second Empire. It officially adopted the motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. The Second Republic witnessed the tension between the "Social and Democratic Republic" (French: la Ré, the first post-Revolution republic in France.
- Irish republicanism Irish republicanism is an ideology based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic, a faction in the Irish independence movement supportive of a complete break with the United Kingdom
- Republican River, a river in Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas in the United States
- The Republican (Springfield) The Republican is a newspaper based in Springfield, Massachusetts. It is owned by Newhouse Newspapers, a division of Advance Publications. It played important roles in the United States Republican Party's founding, Charles Dow's career, and the invention of the pronoun "Ms.", a newspaper published in Springfield, Massachusetts
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