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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Centur 1654]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Centur 1654]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : self-[[control]], self-command

*1 : self-[[control]], self-command

It may refer to [[personal]] conduct or [[family]] [[units]] but more commonly refers to larger scale activities, i.e., [[profession]]s, industry bodies, [[religions]] and political units, up to and including [[autonomous]] regions and [[aboriginal]] peoples (or others within nation-states who enjoy some [[sovereign]] rights). It falls within the larger [[context]] of governance and principles such as consent of the governed, and may involve non-profit organizations and corporate governance.

It may refer to [[personal]] conduct or [[family]] [[units]] but more commonly refers to larger scale activities, i.e., [[profession]]s, industry bodies, [[religions]] and political units, up to and including [[autonomous]] regions and [[aboriginal]] peoples (or others within nation-states who enjoy some [[sovereign]] rights). It falls within the larger [[context]] of governance and principles such as consent of the governed, and may involve non-profit organizations and corporate governance.

It can be used to describe a people or [[group]] being able to [[exercise]] all of the [[necessary]] [[functions]] of [[power]] without [[intervention]] from any [[authority]] which they cannot themselves alter. Self rule is [[associated]] then in [[contexts]] where there is the end of colonial rule, absolute government or monarchy, as well as demands for [[autonomy]] by religious, ethnic or geographic regions which [[perceive]] themselves as being unrepresented or underrepresented in a national [[government]]. It is therefore a [[Foundation|fundamental]] tenet of republican government and [[democracy]] as well as nationalism. Gandhi's term "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaraj swaraj]" (see also "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satygraha satygraha]") is a branch of this self rule [[ideology]]. Another major proponent of self-rule when a [[government]]'s [[actions]] are immoral is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoreau Thoreau].

It can be used to describe a people or [[group]] being able to [[exercise]] all of the [[necessary]] [[functions]] of [[power]] without [[intervention]] from any [[authority]] which they cannot themselves alter. Self rule is [[associated]] then in [[contexts]] where there is the end of colonial rule, absolute government or monarchy, as well as demands for [[autonomy]] by religious, ethnic or geographic regions which [[perceive]] themselves as being unrepresented or underrepresented in a national [[government]]. It is therefore a [[Foundation|fundamental]] tenet of republican government and [[democracy]] as well as nationalism. Gandhi's term "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaraj swaraj]" (see also "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satygraha satygraha]") is a branch of this self rule [[ideology]]. Another major proponent of self-rule when a [[government]]'s [[actions]] are immoral is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoreau Thoreau].

Generally when self-governance of nation-states is [[discussed]], it is called national [[sovereignty]] - a [[concept]] important in international [[law]].

Generally when self-governance of nation-states is [[discussed]], it is called national [[sovereignty]] - a [[concept]] important in international [[law]].