Comparative World Governments

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Comparative World Governments
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Democracy
A government that is run by the people who live
under it.
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Direct Democracy
Direct democracy comprises a form of democracy
and theory of civics wherein all citizens can
directly participate in the political
decision-making process.
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Representative Democracy
-a type of democracy in which the citizens
delegate authority to elected representatives
through an election.
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Parliamentary Democracy-
A system of government in which a national
representative body has supreme legislative
powers within the state.
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OLIGARCHY
Form of government in which a few people have the
ruling power (benevolent or autocratic)
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20th Century Examples
Soviet Union-State Communism South Africa-
under Apartheid
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PLUTOCRACY
A government or state in which the wealthy rule.
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Theocracy
A government in which a Supreme Being is
recognized as the highest civil ruler and in
which religious authorities rule the state as the
Supreme Beings Representative.
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Autocracy
Government by a single person having unlimited
power despotism.
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Absolute Monarchy-
 a government determined solely by the monarch
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Limited Monarchy
Monarchical government whose power is limited.
Law
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Constitutional Monarchy
A Monarchy which is beholden to, and abides by a
constitution.
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Dictatorship
Government whereby one person has absolute
control power to give orders that must be obeyed.
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Anarchy
Absence of political authority