Compare & Contrast Various Forms of Government
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Compare & Contrast Various Forms of Government
Explain how governments determine citizen
participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
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How Governments Determine Citizen Participation
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Low or No Participation Low or No Participation Low or No Participation
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AutocraticHow Governments Determine Citizen
Participation
One person or agency possesses unlimited power.
The citizen has limited, if any, role in government.
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How Governments Determine Citizen Participation
Autocratic• The oldest form of government.
• One of the most common forms of government.
• Maintain power through inheritance or ruthless use of military and police power.
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How Governments Determine CitizenHow Governments Determine Citizen ParticipationParticipation
Forms of Autocratic Govts. Absolute or Totalitarian Dictatorship
• Ideas of a single leader glorified.• Government tries to control all aspects of social and economic life.• Government is not responsible to the people.• People lack the power to limit their rulers.• Examples- Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin
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How Governments Determine Citizen Participation
Forms of Autocratic Govts.• Absolute Monarchy
• King, queen, or emperor exercises the supreme powers of government/unlimited power.• Position is usually inherited.• People lack the power to limit their rulers.• Absolute monarchs are rare today but from the 1400s to the 1700s they ruled most of Western Europe. • Examples- King of Saudi Arabia.
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OligarchyHow Governments Determine Citizen
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Government by the few.Sometimes a small group exercises control, especially for corrupt and
selfish purposes.The citizen has a very limited role.
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How Governments Determine Citizen ParticipationOligarchy
• The group gets its power from military power, social power, wealth, religion or a combination.• Political opposition is usually suppressed- sometimes violently.
• Examples- Communist countries such as China.• Leaders in the party and armed forces control government.
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How Governments Determine Citizen Participation
Autocracy & Oligarchy• Sometimes claim they rule for the people.• In reality, the people have very little say in both types of government.
• Examples- May hold elections with only one candidate or control the results in various ways.• Examples- Even when these governments have a legislature or national assembly, they often only approve decisions made by the leaders.
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Sample Test QuestionWhat is a basic way citizens of a democratic nation can influence the government?A. votingB. workingC. obeying lawsD. consuming goods
OAS Database Question - Corresponds to SS6- CG1b, CG4b, CG6bSS7- CG1b , CG4b, CG6b
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Sample Test QuestionWhat is a basic way citizens of a democratic nation can influence the government?A. voting*B. workingC. obeying lawsD. consuming goods
OAS Database Question - Corresponds to SS6- CG1b, CG4b, CG6bSS7- CG1b , CG4b, CG6b