CHAPTER 1 SECTION 1 GOVERNMENT & THE PEOPLE GOVERNMENT: RULING AUTHORITY FOR A COMMUNITY OR SOCIETY; POWER TO MAKE AND ENFORCE LAWS
WHAT GOVERNMENTS DO? PROVIDE LAWS OR RULE OF CONDUCT KEEP ORDER PROVIDE SECURITY PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICES GUIDE COMMUNITY
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT NATIONAL STATE LOCAL 1 50 1000S COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, TOWNSHIP, VILLAGE
TYPES OF GOVERMENTS TOP DOWN AUTHORITARIAN BOTTEM UP DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE RULE THROUGH FAIR, FREE ELECTIONS DIRECT DEMOCRACY REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY REPUBLIC CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY MAJORITY RULES TOP DOWN AUTHORITARIAN RULERS RULE W/O CONCERN FOR PEOPLE DICTATORISHIPS TOTALITARIAN REGIMES ABSOLUTE MONARCHY CONTROL ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE