DemocraticLimited Government Direct Democracy Representative Democracy presidential democracy
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Democratic/Limited Government • Direct Democracy • Representative Democracy (presidential democracy, parliamentary democracy, or parl. dem. with a constitutional monarchy) • Constitutional Monarchy Authoritarian/Unlimited Government • Absolute Monarchy • Dictatorship
Direct Democracy • People govern themselves by voting on issues directly & individually as citizens. • Ex. City-State of Athens in Ancient Greece (5 th to 4 th Century BC) • Parts of Switzerland
Thucydides Pericles
Where is Switzerland? ?
Disadvantages of Direct Democracy • People must be interested and actively involved. • Complex policies may not be understood by all voters. • Practical in small communities, not large modern nations. Ex: towns in New England (a region in the USA)
Representative Democracy • People vote for representatives • This gives representatives the responsibility and power to make laws and run the government. • By voting, the people give the “power” to those representatives– people who represent their interests in government
Representative Democracy EXAMPLES • United States • France • Russia
Problems with Representative Democracy • Voter apathy (lack of concern) – * Only 61% of eligible people voted in 2008 presidential elections – Some countries, like Australia, have made voting compulsory: you MUST vote or you will be charged a fine • Divisive two-party systems (most countries have 3 or more major political parties)
Constitutional Monarchy • A monarch inherits the right to rule • BUT the monarch is limited by a lawmaking body elected by the people!
Constitutional Monarchy • The monarch has a ceremonial role in representing the government. * LIMITED by the Constitution (laws) • Ex. The U. K. , Sweden, Spain, Japan.
Absolute Monarchy • A monarch inherits their position and complete and unlimited power. • Usually claim that they have been chosen by God to rule. • Examples: • Historically: King Louis XVI (ruled France 1643 -1715) Currently: King Abdullah (ruled Saudi Arabia 2005 to present)
King Louis XIV
King Abdullah
Dictatorship • A single leader who holds extraordinary power that is not based on heredity (being born into a certain family). • Makes all laws & suppresses opposition • Examples: 1. Cuba: Fidel Castro 2. Germany : Adolf Hitler (1933 -1945), 3. Iraq: Saddam Hussein (1979 -2003)
Fidel Castro
Adolf Hitler
Saddam Hussein
“President” or “King” (but really dictators in every sense of the term…) Why? 1. Disputed “elections” 2. Disappearance of/threats to people in opposition 3. Restriction on media/Internet
This concludes the presentation on governments for Chapter 3 Is your chart complete? Read on for further explanations of governments…
Presidential Democracy • A type of representative democracy • Constitution separates the executive branch from the legislative and judicial branches (separation of powers). • Executive branch is led by a president • Ex. U. S. ; Mexico; Brazil; Algeria; Indonesia.
Legislative: Executive: Makes Laws Enforces Laws Judicial: Interprets Laws
Parliamentary Democracy • Constitution combines executive and legislative functions in the Parliament • Parliament is led by the Prime Minister, generally the leader of the majority party • Ex. Italy; Germany; Israel, India; Ethiopia.
Legislative Executive Makes Laws Enforces Laws Judicial Interprets Laws Monarch
- Definition of presidential form of government
- Parliament vs congress venn diagram
- Autocracy and oligarchy
- Elite democracy ap gov definition
- What is representative democracy
- Cartoon analysis about democracy
- Popular sovereignty cartoon
- Representative democracy examples
- Principles of representative democracy
- State and federal constitutions
- Who wrote the republic in ancient greece
- Direct democracy cartoon
- Aristotle direct democracy
- Example for direct democracy
- Direct democracy athens or rome
- Direct government provision
- Ap lang synthesis essay television presidential elections
- Presidential and congressional reconstruction venn diagram
- Informal presidential powers
- Presidential directive 5
- Cold war presidential timeline
- Informal checks on the president
- Reconstruction plans venn diagram
- Apa presidential task force on evidence-based practice
- Presidential youth empowerment
- Want ad for president
- Bgs upenn
- 1932 presidential election
- Presidential succession act of 1947 definition