One-party state
political system with only one party permanently in control
A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system, or single-party system is a type of state in which one political party has the right to form the government, usually based on the existing constitution. All other parties are either outlawed or allowed to take only a limited and controlled participation in elections. Sometimes the term de facto one-party state is used to describe a dominant-party system that, unlike the one-party state, allows (at least nominally) democratic multiparty elections, but the existing practices or balance of political power effectively prevent the opposition from winning the elections.
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- Yes, we have one party here. But so does America. Except, with typical extravagance, they have two of them!
- Attributed to Julius Nyerere in Green, Mark J. (1982). Winning back America. Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-22630-0.
- Variant: The United States is also a one-party state, but with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.
- Quoted by Radhika Desai, Social Scientist. v 29, no. 336-337 (May-June 2001) p. 33. University of Chicago and by Jeff Sharlet, The Family: Power, Politics and Fundamentalism's Shadow Elite. University of Queensland Press. 2008. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-7022-3694-5.
- Attributed to Julius Nyerere in Green, Mark J. (1982). Winning back America. Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-22630-0.
