Jamahiriya (state of the masses)

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Jamahiriya (state of the masses) is Muammar Gaddafi’s proposed model of direct popular rule in Libya, in which authority is theoretically exercised through people’s congresses and committees rather than traditional representative government.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of Third International Theory ⓘ
form of direct democracy ⓘ
ideological concept ⓘ
political system model ⓘ
administrativeOrgans people’s committees ⓘ
associatedWithWork The Green Book ⓘ
claimsToEliminate political parties ⓘ
political representation ⓘ
claimsToImplement rule of the people ⓘ
claimsToSeparate revolutionary leadership from formal state offices ⓘ
constitutionalExpression Declaration of the Establishment of the People’s Authority (1977) ⓘ
contrastsWith liberal democracy ⓘ
one-party socialist state ⓘ
corePrinciple authority exercised through popular congresses ⓘ
rejection of traditional legislative bodies ⓘ
sovereignty belongs directly to the people ⓘ
countryOfApplication Libya ⓘ
creator Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
criticizedFor concentrating power in Gaddafi’s hands despite claims of popular rule ⓘ
lack of genuine political pluralism ⓘ
decisionMakingLevel basic people’s congress ⓘ
deFactoLeaderRole Muammar Gaddafi as Leader of the Revolution ⓘ
definesCitizensAs members of basic people’s congresses ⓘ
etymology derived from Arabic word for republic (jumhūriyya) with altered form to mean rule of the masses ⓘ
governanceMechanism General People’s Congress ⓘ
people’s committees ⓘ
people’s congresses ⓘ
hasArabicName al-Jamāhīriyya ⓘ
hasEnglishName state of the masses ⓘ
headOfStateRole formally vested in the people ⓘ
historicalContext post-1969 Libyan Revolution political reorganization ⓘ
ideologyFamily Third International Theory ⓘ
implementedInStateForm Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ⓘ
linked to: Jamahiriya
influencedBy Arab nationalism ⓘ
Islamic socialism ⓘ
anti-imperialist thought ⓘ
languageOfTerm Arabic ⓘ
legalFormulationDate 2 March 1977 ⓘ
officialJustification to realize direct democracy ⓘ
politicalOrientation anti-parliamentary ⓘ
anti-party system ⓘ
promotedBy Libyan Arab Jamahiriya government propaganda ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
rejects representative democracy ⓘ
traditional parliamentary government ⓘ
selfDescription state of the masses and not a republic or monarchy ⓘ
theoreticalBasis direct popular rule ⓘ
timePeriodOfImplementation 1977–2011 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third International Theory → coreConcept → Jamahiriya (state of the masses) ⓘ
The Green Book → promotes → Jamahiriya (state of the masses) ⓘ
General People's Congress (Libya) → claimedGovernmentForm → state of the masses (Jamahiriya) ⓘ
linked to: Jamahiriya (state of the masses)
Jamahiriya (state of the masses) → hasArabicName → al-Jamāhīriyya ⓘ
linked to: Jamahiriya (state of the masses)
سيف الإسلام معمر القذافي → الفترة_التاريخية → عهد الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الاشتراكية العظمى ⓘ
linked to: Jamahiriya (state of the masses)
General People's Committee (Libya) → governanceModelContext → Jamahiriya (state of the masses) ⓘ