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anarchy  

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  • Anarchy is the absence of government or, more generally, political authority over and between the units of a political system. As an analytic concept, the term does not imply a lack of political order or the presence of chaos and thus differs from informal and colloquial use. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Anarchy]

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