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checks and balances

Mechanisms which distribute power throughout a political system – preventing any one institution or individual from exercising total control
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checks and balances

Summary

checks and balances is a system[1]. It draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (system category, ranking #66 of 101).[2]

Key Facts

  • checks and balances's instance of is recorded as system[3].
  • checks and balances's facet of is recorded as separation of powers[4].
  • checks and balances's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/checks-and-balances[5].
  • checks and balances's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120scmw_[6].
  • checks and balances's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3542509[7].
  • checks and balances's Treccani ID is recorded as check-and-balance[8].
  • checks and balances's Hrvatska enciklopedija ID is recorded as 11533[9].

Why It Matters

checks and balances draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (system category, ranking #66 of 101).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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