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Haleigh Casabon-The Eight Types of Government
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The Eight Types of Governments-All You Need to Know!
Haleigh Casabon
November 15,2011
Parliamentary Democracy Government
- A system of government having the real
executive power vested in a cabinet composed of members of the Legiislature who are indivisually and collectively responsible to the Legislature.
- Examples include Great Britian, Australia, and Canada.
Democracy Government
- In a democracy, the citizens and the government share their power.
- Citizens have many rights and freedoms.
- The citizens get to vote on what goes on in the country and what happens to them.
- Examples include the United States of America.
Confederation Government
- A volunatry association of independent states
that often only delegate a few powers to the
Centeral Authorities.
- States retain considerable independence.
- Examples include the E.U., and OPEC.
Presidential Democracy
- A system of government in which
the president is constitutionally
independent of the legislature.
- The Executive branch exists seperately
from the Legislature which is generally not
accountable.
- Examples include the United States of America,
and France.
Autocracy Government
- One person possesses unlimited
power in this type of government.
- The oldest and most common form of
government.
- The ideas of the leader are glorified.
- Examples include the King of Saudi Arabia.
Oligarchy Government
- Where a small group of people exercise for control
mainly for selfish and corrupt reasons.
- The citizens have a VERY limited role.
- The small group of people most likely get their
power from military, social, wealth, religion, or a combination of these things.
Unitary Government
- The power is held by one centeral Authority.
- Examples include Haiti, Denmark, France, Ireland, Costa Rica, and Hungary.
Review Questions!
- Who are the leaders in Presidential and Parliamentary Democracies?
- What rights do citizens have in a democracy? (List at least three)
- What is an example of Unitary and Federal governments?
- Who or what controls an Oligarchy?
- What is a Confederate Government?
- Who controls an Autocracy and what is an example of an Autocratic country?
Answers!!
1.Presidental-President and Parliamentary-Parliament
2. The rights of voting, freedom of press, freedom of speech and others.
3.Spain and Hungary
4.A small group of people
5.A volunatry association of independent states
that often only delegate a few powers to the
Centeral Authorities.
6.One person with unlimited power and the king of Saudi Arabia.
Federation Government
- In a federation government the power is divided between one Canteral Authority and SEVERAL Regional Authorities.
- Examples of a Federation Government would be Spain, Switzerland, and Argentina.
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