Types of Government by Izzy Keller

Democracy

iikeller — 2015-10-05 18:20:53 UTC

A democracy is type of government in which the citizens hold the power to rule.

Country With This Type of Government: Athens Greece 500 B.C.

Republic

iikeller — 2015-10-05 18:30:36 UTC

A republic s type of government in which citizens choose a smaller group to govern on their behalf.

Country With This Type of Government: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Benin, Chad, Chili, Comoros, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Finland, France, United States of America etc.

Constitutional Monarchy

iikeller — 2015-10-05 18:38:01 UTC

A constitutional monarchy s type of government in which a king or queen are the head of the state but the power to legislate resides in elected parliament. A constitution provides a framework of government, limiting the monarchs.

Country With this Type of Government: Bahrain, Bhutan, Denmark, Jordan, Luxembourg, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Thailand, Tonga etc.

Absolute Monarchy

iikeller — 2015-10-07 01:37:30 UTC

An absolute monarchy is type of government in which a hereditary (holding a position by inheritance) king or queen has unrestricted power over the people.

Country With this Type of Government: Spain, England, France, Scotland 1500-1600 etc.

Dictatorship

iikeller — 2015-10-07 01:42:20 UTC

A dictatorship is a type of government in which the head of state (usually one person) has complete control over the state. Often, a dictator utilizes the police and military to maintain power. They also limit freedoms of speech, assembly, and the press.

Country With this Type of Government: North Korea, Germany 1918-1924 etc.

Question #3

iikeller — 2015-10-07 02:07:40 UTC

Some major differences between a democratic government and an authoritarian government are that in a democracy, all of the power of the country is placed upon the people of that country but in an authoritarian government, the power of the country is put in the hands of one person or a small group of people but not everyone. Another difference between a democratic government and authoritarianism is that in a democracy, the government relies on the belief of following laws, and in a authoritarianism, the government relies on denying freedoms to the citizens.

Question #4

iikeller — 2015-10-07 02:19:32 UTC

I think the most common type of government today is a republic. 99 countries out of the 180 in the world (according to cia.gov) are republics meaning, that more than half of this world's governments are a republic. I believe that republic governments are the most popular because in a republic most of the citizen's opinions are heard but it is not as disorganized as a democracy where every single citizen's opinion is heard. Republics are not as chaotic because a large group of people's opinions are summed up and a representative is sent to the capital where laws are sorted out.

iikeller — 2015-10-07 16:23:30 UTC