Who’s in Charge?Who’s in Charge?

Types of GovernmentTypes of Government

Representative DemocracyRepresentative Democracy

What is a What is a Representative Representative Democracy?Democracy?

This government is This government is led by elected led by elected representatives of representatives of the voters.the voters.

In a Direct In a Direct Democracy, every Democracy, every Citizen would have Citizen would have a vote in all a vote in all decisions.decisions.

Examples:Examples: United States United States

Monarchy / ParliamentaryMonarchy / Parliamentary

What is a What is a Monarchy?Monarchy?

A monarchy has a A monarchy has a king or queen, who king or queen, who sometimes has sometimes has absolute power. absolute power.

Usually Monarchies Usually Monarchies include a include a parliamentary parliamentary system that uses system that uses elected officials.elected officials.

Examples:Examples: EnglandEngland

TheocracyTheocracy

What is a Theocracy?What is a Theocracy? A government that is A government that is controlled by religious controlled by religious leaders.leaders.

They usually refuse They usually refuse modern materialism.modern materialism.

Theocratic Theocratic governments also use governments also use other types of other types of governments as well.governments as well.

Example:Example: Iran (Mahmoud Iran (Mahmoud

Ahmadinejad – President)Ahmadinejad – President)

DictatorshipDictatorship

What is a What is a Dictatorship?Dictatorship?

Rule by a single leader Rule by a single leader who may or may not who may or may not have been elected to have been elected to seize power.seize power.

They use the military They use the military to maintain control.to maintain control.

They will always have They will always have TOTAL power!!!TOTAL power!!!

Examples:Examples: Adolf Hitler (Nazi Adolf Hitler (Nazi

Germany) / Saddam Germany) / Saddam Hussein (Iraq) / Fidel Hussein (Iraq) / Fidel Castro (Cuba)Castro (Cuba)

Authoritative TotalitarianismAuthoritative Totalitarianism What is an Authoritative What is an Authoritative

Totalitarianism?Totalitarianism? Rule by a single political Rule by a single political

party. party. People are forced to do People are forced to do

what the government tells what the government tells them.them.

The government controls all The government controls all businesses and provides all businesses and provides all citizens with health care, citizens with health care, education and welfare.education and welfare.

Most of the Most of the communist/socialist communist/socialist countries fall into this countries fall into this category.category.

Example:Example: China & North KoreaChina & North Korea

RussiaRussia