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This essay is unlike others in the series in that I have found the division of opinion about forms of government so extreme and the literature so confused that I have abandoned any idea of surveying the major writings on theories and classifications, and have preferred to offer a simple classification of my own based on traditional theories, but in the References at the end have identified the major schools and differences.
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Crick, B. (1973). Introduction. In: Basic Forms of Government. Studies in Comparative Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01571-9_1
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