Talk:Interesting social sciences/Forms of Government

expertocracy
One real alternative to democracy are the political decisions made by experts and their powerful independent institutions.
 * 1) Think of the federal reserve bank. In former times money was manipulated by governments as they pleased. Nowadays experts decide about the money.
 * 2) Think of institutions for preserving law and order. Not seldom they decide about new laws and change them in essential parts or stop them completely.

economic government
Other big players in politics today are the worldwide acting firms, which setup new rules and standards, drive the public with their innovations and not seldom set the themes in public debate.