TYPES OF GOVERNMENT Constitutional Government What Rules for

TYPES OF GOVERNMENT

Constitutional Government ■ What? Rules for Government 1. Binds gov. to people's ideals 2. Basic structure and duties 3. Supreme Law of Country ■ Limited Government

Authoritarian - Autocratic ■ Style of Government where the ruler or rulers do not hold themselves accountable to the people; they rule arbitrarily. ■ Totalitarianism: Autocratic to the extreme. Control over every aspect of political, social and economic life ■ Hitler, Stalin, Robespierre, Castro

Monarchy ■ Absolute Monarchy: Autocratic – Inherited power; Divine right – Czars, Medieval Councils, France ■ Constitutional Monarchy: Democratic ■ Transitional: Inherited, Divine right AND Social Contract – Britain

Dictatorship ■ Authoritarian leadership by an individual – Military take over; no set way for succession

Oligarchy ■ Authoritarian rule by a group or council

Democracy ■ – ■ ■ Rule by the people From the Greek; Demos: People Kratia: Rule Assembly Direct Democracy: Each individual casts votes on government issues and laws. ■ Representative Democracy (Indirect) – Council; legislature; parliament; Congress

Republic ■ Head of state is elected; not a Monarch ■ U. S. is a democratic republic

Other Governments ■ ■ Aristocracy Plutocracy Theocracy Junta