Citizen Participation

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Citizen Participation
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Autocracy

• Can you guess the TWO types of Autocratic
  governments?
• Heres a hint
• These guys would eliminate free speech, abolish
  opposing political parties, and personal
  freedoms.
• Need a picture?

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Absolute Monarchy!

• Thats rightan absolute monarchy is a type of
  Autocracy because there is ONE person who is in
  charge
• The king makes all of the rules and has no
  patience for the lowly citizens
• The citizens have no way to participate in the
  government of an absolute monarchy

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And the 2nd type of Autocracy is
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A Dictatorship!

• Dictators are examples of Autocratic governments
  because they have complete control over their
  citizens
• They usually use military force to boss the
  citizens around
• The citizens cannot speak out against the
  dictator, or else

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The 2 types of Autocracies are

• Absolute Monarchies
• Dictatorships

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Oligarchy

• Theres only ONE type of oligarchy you either
  have a group of people ruling the citizens, or
  you dont.
• Easy enough, right??

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Democracy

• There are TWO types of Democratic governments in
  the world
• 1. Presidential2. Parliamentary
• Sounds easy enough. So if you have a president,
  youre Presidential and if you have a parliament,
  youre Parliamentary??
• Ehhhnot exactly. Let me explain

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Parliamentary Democracy

• Citizens vote for members of the legislative
  branch, and then the legislature chooses the
  leader
• The citizens DO NOT get to directly choose the
  leader
• They have to vote on members of legislature
  first, and then those representatives choose the
  leader
• Head of government and head of state are TWO
  different people
• Examples United Kingdom, Germany, Canada,
  Australia

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Presidential

• Citizens usually vote for members of the
  executive AND legislative branch
• Citizens directly vote for the leader
• A single person is elected as the leader
• This person is both head of government (chief
  executive) and head of state
• Examples U.S.A., Russia, Mexico

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Presidential

• Unique thing about this type theres a
  separation of powers between the branches of
  government
• The leader is constitutionally independent of the
  legislature
• Example the leader does not make the laws, the
  legislature does

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Lets Review

• Parliamentary Citizens do not vote directly for
  the leader. They vote on the legislature, then
  the legislature chooses the leader.
• Presidential Citizens directly vote on the
  leader.
• Which would you prefer to participate in??

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Parliamentary System Presidential System
Executive
Executive
Legislature
Select
Elect
Elect
Legislature
Elect
Citizens
Citizens
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Mascots!

• Your Task Create a mascot that will go with the
  two ways that citizens can participate in
  Democratic governments, Parliamentary and
  Presidential.
• Fold your paper in halfon each side
• Draw and color the mascot.
• Write a brief description of why the mascot was
  chosen.
• Your paper should look something like this

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