The mainstream notion of government refers to all government institutions and norms, either formalized or informally recognized as existing in a given territory and concerning a given population. When, more precisely, we look at the patterns that form the channels of access to the leading government positions, the characteristics of the actors who are admitted or excluded from specified access, and the resources or strategies that they can usage to gain access, we realize that to have a government we request any stabilization. If there is no stabilization, we are in a fluid transitional phase that can besides go towards either an authoritarian solution or a democracy.
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