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World citizens living under different political regimes, as defined by Polity IV.[1]

In politics, a regime (also "régime") is the form of government or the set of rules, cultural or
social norms, etc. that regulate the operation of a government or institution and its
interactions with society. According to Yale professor Juan José Linz there a three main types
of political regimes today: democracies, totalitarian regimes and, sitting between these two,
authoritarian regimes (with hybrid regimes).[2][3]

Contents

Usage 1

See also 2

References 3

Citations 3.1

Sources 3.2

Usage

While the word régime originates as a synonym for any type of government, modern usage
has given it a negative connotation, implying an authoritarian government or dictatorship.
Webster's definition states that the word régime refers simply to a form of government,[4]
while Oxford English Dictionary defines regime as "a government, especially an authoritarian
one".[5]

Contemporary academic usage of the term "regime" is broader than popular and journalistic
usage, meaning "an intermediate stratum between the government (which makes day-to-
day decisions and is easy to alter) and the state (which is a complex bureaucracy tasked with
a range of coercive functions)."[6] In global studies and international relations, the concept
of regime is also used to name international regulatory agencies (see International regime),
which lie outside of the control of national governments. Some authors thus distinguish
analytically between institutions and regimes while recognizing that they are bound up with
:each other

Institutions as we describe them are publicly enacted, relatively-enduring bodies of practice,

procedures and norms, ranging from formalized legal entities such as the WTO to more
informal but legally-buttressed and abiding sets of practices and regimes such as the liberal
capitalist market. The key phrases here are 'publicly enacted' and 'relatively enduring'. The
phrase 'publicly enacted' in this sense implies active projection, legal sanction, and often as
not, some kind of opposition.[7]

Regimes can thus be defined as sets of protocols and norms embedded either in institutions
or institutionalized practices – formal such as states or informal such as the "liberal trade
regime" – that are publicly enacted and relatively enduring.[7]

See also

.Look up regime or regimen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Ancien Régime

Carbon audit regime

Exchange rate regime

International regime

Legal practice

Regime change

Regime theory

References

Citations

World citizens living under different political regimes". Our World in Data. Retrieved 5 "
.March 2020

Juan José Linz (2000). Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes. Lynne Rienner Publisher. p.
.143. ISBN 978-1-55587-890-0. OCLC 1172052725

Jonathan Michie, ed. (3 February 2014). Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences. Routledge. p.
.95. ISBN 978-1-135-93226-8
 Regime as defined in the Merriam–Webster website

Regime[dead link] as defined in the Oxford English Dictionary

Breakdown of the GCC Initiative

James, Paul; Palen, Ronen (2007). Globalization and Economy, Vol. 3: Global Economic
.Regimes and Institutions. London: Sage Publications. p. xiv

Sources

James, Paul; Palen, Ronen (2007). Globalization and Economy, Vol. 3: Global Economic
.Regimes and Institutions. London: Sage Publications

O'Neill, Patrick, Essentials of Comparative Government

Categories: Government

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