Types of Government by Selene Luna Castillo

Democracy

sluna2 — 2015-10-06 18:08:29 UTC

Definition: The power in which CITIZENS hold the power to rule.

Example: The country of Ancient Athens used democracy.

Republic

sluna2 — 2015-10-06 18:08:40 UTC

Definition: A representative democracy in which CITIZENS CHOOSE THEIR LAWMAKERS.

Example: The country of Benin has a repubic government.

Constitutional Monarchy

sluna2 — 2015-10-06 18:17:36 UTC

Definition: A government in which a king or queen acts as head of state but legislation is created by an elected parliament.

Example: The country of Bhutan has a constitutional monarchy.

Monarchy

sluna2 — 2015-10-06 18:21:48 UTC

Definition: A government in which a hereditary king or queen HAS UNRESTRICTED POWER OVER THE PEOPLE.

Example: The country of Oman has a monarchy government.

Dictatorship

sluna2 — 2015-10-06 18:26:16 UTC

Definition: A government in which the head of the state has COMPLETE control over the state. Often, a dictator utiizes the police and military to maintain power. They also limit freedom.

Example: The country of North Korea has a communist dictatorship.

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Differences between democratic and authoritarian governments?

sluna2 — 2015-10-06 18:40:23 UTC

The authoritian government exercises unlimited power while democratic is run by the will of people.

Which types of government are more common in our modern world?

sluna2 — 2015-10-06 18:41:23 UTC

The governments that are more common in our modern world are democracy and republic even though its not clearly pure. This means that there are governments such as parliamentary democracy. I think this is because these types of government are the ones that are more about the people instead of "the king/queen" . Citizens rather be the rulers than have only one person take over.