Citizen Participation in Government

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Citizen Participation in Government

• SS6CG4b Explain how governments determine
  citizen participation autocratic, oligarchic,
  and democratic

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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONSS6CG4b

• How do citizens participate in different forms of
  government?

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3 Forms of Citizen Participation

• Autocratic
• Oligarchic
• Democratic

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3 Forms of Citizen Participation

• Autocratic -
• Government in which one person possesses
  unlimited power and the citizen has little if any
  role in the government.
• - These countries are usually ruled by dictators
  or absolute monarchs.
• Examples North Korea, Cuba

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3 Forms of Citizen Participation

• Oligarchic
• 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
• - Leaders can be presidents, prime ministers,
  and monarchs, but they usually have excessive
  power and law-making ability.
• Examples United Arab Emirates (UAE), China,
  Nigeria, Iran

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3 Forms of Citizen Participation

• Democratic
• 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.
• - Leaders may be presidents, prime ministers, or
  monarchs (ceremonial only)
• Examples USA, Great Britain, France, Germany,
  and most of Western Europe.