WHAT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT ARE OUT THERE?

Exploring Governments Throughout the World

What is a “Democracy”?

1)Democracy is literally defined as “2)rule of the people”

This means that a 3)government that takes the form of a democracy is one in which all 4)citizens can exercise some kind of 5)political power What are some examples of “political

power” citizens can exercise?6)VotingRunning for 7)office 8)Contacting public officials

What is direct democracy?

9)Direct democracy is a government where the people have an 10)individual voice in 11)government.

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The Advantages of Direct Democracy

Every 12)individual has a 13)voice in government

Works well in 14)small communities.

If we take a 15)vote in the classroom, we are acting as a direct 16)democracy

The Disadvantages of Direct Democracy

Too 17)many voices at 18)once

Only works in small 19)communities

Not 20)efficient

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Representative Democracy

21)Representative democracy is a system where 22)individuals have a voice in government through 23)elected representatives

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The advantages of representative democracy

24)Representatives are elected to represent the 25)common good instead of 26)individual interests

Representatives make the system more 27)efficient – it’s their job to know the 28)laws and the 29)system

People get a 30)say in government through someone 31)elected by the people

Works well in 31)large areas with diverse 32)populations

The disadvantages of representative democracy

33)Individuals must set aside their private 34)interests and personal concerns for the sake of the 35)whole

Rise of 36)Lobbyists Citizen feeling

37)detached from government

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Communism

In a 38)communist government, the government 39)owns all means of production and eliminating 40)private property This means that all things are

41)owned by the government and 42)shared by the people.

The 43)intention of this system is to ensure that everyone has 44)equal access and 45)property

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Monarchy

A 46)monarchy has a king, queen, 47)emperor or empress.

The ruling 48)position can be passed on to the ruler’s 49)heirs.

In some 50)traditional monarchies, the monarch has 51)absolute power, like in Saudi Arabia.

But a 52)constitutional monarchy, like the 53)United Kingdom, also has a 54)democratic government that limits the monarch's 55)control.

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Oligarchy A government in which 56)control is

exercised by a 57)small group of 58)individuals whose authority generally is based on 59)wealth or 60)power

This 61)power may not always be exercised 62)openly.

Oligarchs sometimes prefer to remain the “power 63)behind the throne.”

A modern example of 64)oligarchy

could be seen in 65)South Africa during

the 20th century where oligarchy was

based on 66)racism.

Autocracy A government ruled by a

67)single leader who has 68)unlimited power and denies peoples’ fundamental 69)rights.

In a 70)military dictatorship, the army is in 71)control.

One person is in 72)charge and often takes over by 73)force.

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Sadam Hussein were examples

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What else is there?

Another type of government is 74)anarchy. Anarchy is when there is a 75)complete

breakdown of 76)government and the people fall into a start of chaos. There is no 77)organization or control.

What else is there?

78)Socialism is an economic system and 79)political theory

Socialism is an 80)economic system which

Promotes collective or 81)governmental ownershipAdministration of the means of 82)production and distribution of goods by 83)government or collective groups This results in no 84)free, competitive, 85)private businesses

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