Types of Government

1
Types of Government
2
monarchy
3

• ruled by a monarch who usually inherits the
  authority

4
(No Transcript)
5

• inherited
• new ruler is related to previous ruler
• kingdom

6
republic
7

• a government in which the people elect
  representatives to make the laws

8
(No Transcript)
9

• people vote
• lots of citizen participation
• free elections
• representative government

10
parliamentary democracy
11

• a country whose head of government is the leader
  of the legislature

12
(No Transcript)
13

• usually has a prime minister
• often has ceremonial president
• people vote
• lots of citizen participation

14
presidential democracy
15

• a type of government where the leader is the
  President and is chosen in a separate election
  from the legislature

16
(No Transcript)
17

• executive branch
• separation of powers between executive and
  legislative branches
• national vote for president

18
theocracy
19

• a government ruled by a religious leader or
  leaders

20
(No Transcript)
21

• faith based
• holy leader
• religious state

22
dictatorship
23

• a system of government in which the ruler has
  absolute power and is not restricted by laws or a
  constitution

24
(No Transcript)
25

• authoritarian
• Saddam Hussein
• all powerful leader
• repression
• undemocratic
• despot

26
Citizen Participation

• 3 categories that describe who has the power in a
  country

27
autocratic
28

• government in which one person possesses
  unlimited power and the citizen has little if any
  role in the government

29
(No Transcript)
30
examples

• dictatorship
• monarchy (absolute type)
• theocracy (usually)

31
democratic
32

• a government in which the supreme power is
  vested in the people and exercised by them
  directly or indirectly through a system of
  representation usually involving periodically
  held free elections

33
(No Transcript)
34
examples

• republic
• parliamentary democracy (most common)
• presidential democracy (USA)

35
oligarchic
36

• government by the few, sometimes a government in
  which a small group exercises control especially
  for corrupt and selfish purposes. The citizen has
  a very limited role.

37
(No Transcript)
38
no examples this unit

• Oligarchic countries are very rare eventually
  one of the leaders will seize power from the
  others, creating an autocracy.