1.3: Forms of Government

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Do nowWho should rule and what form of
government should they use?
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How would you define government?

• There is no standard taxonomy (organized method
  of description) for government. Government is
  best described by the locus of power.

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Those in power and their corresponding form of
government.

• Monarchy- King or Queen
• Dictatorship- Dictator
• Democracy- The People
• Oligarchy- A small group
• Theocracy- God (The Church)
• Anarchy- No ruler
• Idiocracy- ?

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Monarchy v. Dictatorship v. Tyranny
What if the difference between all three?
All have one person in power. The
bloodline of Takes control by force
Is cruel or unjust. a monarchy must at
with help of the military generally feared
least be partially and unliked. accepted
by its people.
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Philosopher King

• Plato wrote that in order to have a perfect
  society that "philosophers must become kingsor
  those now called kings mustgenuinely and
  adequately philosophize" (The Republic, 5.473d).
• Read the handout and discuss whether or not you
  believe that philosopher kings would/could be
  good for a society.

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Lets take a look at forms or types of governments.
Oligarchy power that is concentrated within a
small group.Some groups that form oligarchies
are military generals, Psychologist, wizards,
drug cartels, businessmen., etc.
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Theocracy Who is really in charge?

• The strictest definitions apply to individuals,
  defining their submission to God or gods.
• In real theocracies, a person or class of persons
  rule as the direct connection to God.

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Anarchy
What it is not Chaos, every man for himself,
etc. What it is Society without a public
government. It is consensus rule without
violence, coercion or forced authority while
still creating a desirable society.
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Fascism

• Fascism is a governmental system focused around a
  nation's identity. Foreigners and foreign ideas
  are often demonized and nationalist propaganda is
  a control tool used by the controlling party.
  Requires strong parties and nationalist
  sentiments. Often dictatorial.

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Constitutional Monarchy

• A constitutional monarchy is a government with a
  royal family that has agreed to share some power
  with a democratic body. There is a constitution
  written that both the people and the monarchy
  sign in order to clarify this sharing of power.

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How is power distributed?

• Unitary All power belongs to central
  government
• Federal Power is split between central and
  local
• Confederate Power is local with loose central
  ties

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Branches of Government

• Legislative- Creates laws
• Executive- Implements and enforces laws
• Judiciary- Verifies consistency of law and judges
  possible violations

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Government Comparison

• In groups of four, read and complete the chart
  for comparing the power structure of different
  governments.
• Each member of the group will read about one
  country and relay that information to the
  group.
• The scribe will record the groups findings on
  the chart.

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1.3 Create your own Government

• In groups of four, read and complete the Create
  your own Government worksheet.

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