Editing Regime (section)

{{Short description|Form of government}}
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In [[politics]], a '''regime''' (also spelled '''régime''') is a system of government that determines access to public office, and the extent of power held by officials. The two broad categories of regimes are [[democracy|democratic]] and [[Autocracy|autocratic]]. A key similarity across all regimes is the presence of rulers of both formal and informal institutions, which interact dynamically to adapt to changes to their environment<ref name="auto4">{{cite journal |last1=Karl |first1=Terry |last2=Schmitter |first2=Phillippe |date=Summer 1991 |title=What Democracy Is...and Is Not |url=https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/what-democracy-is-and-is-not/ |journal=Journal of Democracy |pages=76–78 |access-date=March 3, 2023 |number=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Young |first=Oran R. |date=1982–2004 |title=Regime dynamics: the rise and fall of international regimes |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/abs/regime-dynamics-the-rise-and-fall-of-international-regimes/6885F64E8C01664F4B7EA48C556AB5E8 |journal=International Organization |language=en |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=277–297 |doi=10.1017/S0020818300018956 |issn=1531-5088|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Herre |first=Bastian |date=December 2, 2021 |title=The 'Regimes of the World' data: how do researchers measure democracy? |url=https://ourworldindata.org/regimes-of-the-world-data |access-date=March 14, 2023 |website=Our World in Data}}</ref> The [[The World Factbook|CIA World Factbook]] also has a complete list of every country in the world with their respective types of regimes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Government type - The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/government-type/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=www.cia.gov}}</ref>[[File:World citizens living under different political regimes, OWID.svg|thumb|upright=1.6|World citizens living under different political regimes, as defined by [[Polity IV]]<ref>{{cite web |title=World citizens living under different political regimes |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-pop-by-political-regime |access-date=5 March 2020 |website=Our World in Data}}</ref>]]