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Types of Government
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• Dictatorship– Power is held by one
person or a small group of people.
– Those who rule are not held responsible to the will of the people.
– Sovereign power held by the dictator
• Representative– Power is held by the
majority.
– Supreme authority rests with the people.
– Sovereign power held by the people
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Autocracy
Power to rule is in the hands of a single person such as a dictator.
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MonarchyAn autocracy ruled by a king,
queen, or emperor.
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OligarchyRule by a small group
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TheocracyRule by religious leaders
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Democracy People rule directly
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RepublicVoters elect their leaders
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Unitary SystemNational government has ALL powers- (no meaningful state or local governments)- Great Britain has a unitary government
Federal SystemPower is divided between national and state or
local governments- (state and/or local governments have their own
substantial powers)- The United States has a federal government
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Unitary System
All Powers held by national government
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Federal System
National government has some powers
State governments have some powers
County governments have some powers
City governments have some powers
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Confederation
An alliance, or loose union of independent states
Examples of confederations:
- The United States under The Articles of Confederation
- The Confederate States of America during the Civil War
- The European Union
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Chapter 1, Section 2Chapter 1, Section 2
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What is the role of the individual in a Democracy or Republic?
• What does the individual give up?
• What does the individual gain?
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Chapter 1, Section 3Chapter 1, Section 3
American representative government rests on these basic notions:
(1) A recognition of the fundamental worth and dignity of every person;
(2) A respect for the equality of all persons;(3) A faith in majority rule and an insistence
upon minority rights;(4) An acceptance of the necessity of
compromise; and(5) An insistence upon the widest possible
degree of individual freedom.
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Majority v. Minority Rule
• What are the hazards of strict populist (majority) rule?
• What are the hazards of strict minority rule?
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Equality
• Thomas Jefferson writes “all men are created equal” in The Declaration of Independence.
• What two types of equality does he mean?
• Whose ideas is he borrowing directly?
1) Equal opportunity for all persons
2) Equal treatment for all persons under the law
John Locke, from Two Treatises on Government