Forms of Government
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Forms of
Government
How do we classify
government?
We classify government using three
different methods:
Who can Participate
Geographic Distribution
Relationship between Branches
A single government can be classified
Who Can Participate?
Separated into Democracy and Dictatorship
Democracy (ex. U.S.)
People hold the power through voting
Direct Democracy: people vote on everything
• Does not exist any more
Indirect Democracy: elect people to act on our behalf
Dictatorship (ex. Nazi Germany)
One person or group holds all the power
Oldest and most common form of government in the
world
Geographic Distribution
Three categories: Unitary Gov., Federal
Gov., and Confederation
Unitary Government (ex. Great Britain)
Federal Government (ex. U.S.)
All powers in a single central agency
Powers divided between central and local
governments
Confederation (ex. E.U.)
Alliance of independent states
Very weak
Relationship btw Branches
Two categories: Presidential and
Parliamentary
Presidential Government (ex. U.S.)
Separation btw executive and legislative
branches
Branches independent and coequal
Parliamentary Government (ex. Britain and
Israel)
Prime minister is elected leader of the
legislature
P.M. is elected by the legislature