Concept information
Preferred term
city-republic
Definition
- The city, from which the notion of citizenship derives, is the most basic form of political community. In ancient, medieval, and early modern times, an array of self-governing city-republics existed where the vote of a broad electorate made many collective decisions. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; City-republic]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/city-republic
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