Citizen Participation in Government Autocracy vs. Oligarchy vs. Democracy.
Types Of Government Autocracy, Oligarchy, Democracy
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Forms of Governments
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To study governments, geographers look at the following:
Types – Who rules and who participates.
Systems – How the power is distributed.
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Types of Government are based on one key question: Who governs and what is the citizen participation?
There are three types of governments:Autocracy, Oligarchy, and Democracy
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Autocracy
Government in which the power to govern is held by one person.
Generally the power to rule is inherited or by military force.
There are three
types of Autocracy.
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Oligarchy
A government in which a few people such as a dominant clan or clique have power.The group gets their power from either military, wealth or social status.Elections may be held but offer
only one candidate.Examples: Greek city states
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Democracy
In a democracy, the government is “Rule by the people”There are two forms of democracyDirect Democracy – People vote on all the
issues.Representative Democracy – People elect
representatives and give them the power to vote on issues.
Example: United States
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In a democracy….
Individual freedom and equality is valued.
Free elections are held
Decisions are based on majority rule.
All candidates can express their views freely.
Citizens vote by secret ballot.