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| − | In recent history there have been numerous instances of collapse of state [[authority]], sometimes prompted by [[war]] but also often due to implosion of the state. In some cases, state collapse is followed by lawlessness, rioting, looting and, if disarray lasts long enough, eventually [[warlord]]ism; present-day [[Somalia]] is often used as one such example. Although such societies are often described as anarchy, they are not organised according to anarchist principles.
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| − | However, there are instances in which a society peacefully organizes itself without a government or other form of centralised power, along philosophical anarchist lines. A functioning anarchy would then be a society maintaining stability and civil society without hierarchies. There are some examples, usually small and/or short-lived (many were overrun by outside forces), which are considered successful anarchies in this sense.
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| − | *[[Spanish revolution (1936-1939)]]
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| − | *[[Christiania]]
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| − | ==Credits==
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| − | *Original text is compilation of two texts: (1) Definition from [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] and (2) [http://www.infoshop.org/faq/ An Anarchist FAQ].
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| − | [[Category:anarchism]]
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