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'''Republican'''; pertaining to a
republic
Overview
The term has come in practice to refer to a constitutional system without a hereditary element; a system under which sovereignty resides in the people of the country, as opposed to a person or a small group.
It has also come to describe a number of different organizations, principles, or political movements, and/or the persons supporting these.
However, at its most basic, a republican form of government is one in which several states retain some degree of autonomy or independence from the central governing authority in the conduct of its
sovereign authority, and does not necessarily correlate with the concept of
democracy, as suggested by current convention. Historically, several republics have in fact been associations between
monarchies. The
Venetian Republic was an oligarchy in which the chief executive (
Doge) held office for life. The
Icelandic Commonwealth that was founded by the first settlers in the 10th century was also very different from any modern system.
Republics can range from the extremes represented by the original
Articles of Confederation for the United States of America (USA) and the
Confederate States Constitution (Confederate States of America) to the relationship between the states of the USA and the
Federal Government under the current
United States Constitution. See also
federation and especially
European Union.
It may also refer to
*Campaigners advocating the abolition of a
monarchy, for example, the
Australian Republican Movement and the
British republican movement (see
Republicanism).
*
:Category:Lists of political parties Political parties (see
Republican Party (disambiguation) Republican Party and
Republican People's Party), in particular the
Republican Party (United States).
* A willingness to remain within the existing constitutional system while advancing democracy, as with the
Democratic-Republican Party (United States) Democratic-Republican Party in the early USA. The exact nature of the new republic was unclear in the early days and was settled in favour of the Democratic-Republican view.
* A demand for complete Irish independence, as distinct from
Home Rule. Later, a willingness to use armed force to detatch
Northern Ireland from the
United Kingdom UK. It is part of the official name of
Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil the Republican Party. But it would be associated more with
Sinn Féin, though the heritage is disputed. See
Irish Republicanism for more details.
*A person, event, or institution of the ancient
Roman Republic.
*An activist, event or institution of (and/or resulting from) the
French Revolution.
*Supporters of the
Second Spanish Republic during the
Spanish Civil War.
*Adherents of any other kind of
republicanism and/or of political ideals of
republics.
* The
Republican River of
Colorado,
Nebraska, and
Kansas,
USA, named for the
Republican Party (United States).
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