1. Types of Government

2. Division of Power:  Unitary  Power is held by central authority  Examples:  Cuba  Ecuador  China  Netherlands  Saudi Arabia

4. Division of Power  Confederation  Only delegate a few powers to central gov’t  Secure some common purpose  Agree to certain limitations  States retain considerable independence  Examples:  Iroquois Confederation  European Union

6. Division of Power  Fede ral System  Power is divided between one central and several regional authorities  Examples:  United States  Canada  Brazil  Australia  Mexico  Germany

10. Citizen Participation  Autocratic  One person has unlimited power  Citizens have very limited role in gov’t  Oldest, most common form  Maintain power by inheritance or military power  Forms:  Absolute or Totalitarian Dictatorship  Absolute Monarchy  Examples:  Hitler, Stalin, King of Saudi Arabia

11. Citizen Participation  Oligarchic  Gov’t by the few  Small groups exercise control  Citizen has very limited role  Group gets its power from the military, wealth, social power, or religion  Political opposition is usually suppressed sometimes violently  Examples:  Communist countries such as China

12. Citizen Participation  Democracy  Citizens share the power & civic responsibility on how they are governed (voting, etc)  Majority rules but not to exclude minority rights  Upholds basic human rights  System of checks and balances to ensure the central power doesn’t have too much power  Examples:  United States

15. Two Forms of Democracies ParliamentaryPresidential Real executive power vested in a Cabinet composed of members of the legislature who are individually & collectively responsible to the legislature A system of gov’t in which the president is constitutionally independent of the legislature Leader is PRIME MINISTER elected by the legislature Leader is the PRESIDENT Examples: Canada Examples: United States