1. Governments and Levels of Citizen Participation

2. Distribution of Power

3. Unitary
a form of government in which power is held by one central authority
Examples of this would be a dictatorship, monarchy or communist country (China).

4. Ways Government Distributes Power
Unitary
Ways Government Distributes Power
Regional Authority
Regional Authority
Central Authority
Regional Authority
Regional Authority

5. Confederation
voluntary associations of independent states that, to secure some common purpose, agree to certain limitations on their power
Example: European Union

6. Ways Government Distributes Power
Confederation
Ways Government Distributes Power
Regional Authority
Regional Authority
Central Authority
Regional Authority
Regional Authority

7. Federal
a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities Example: United States and Mexico

8. Ways Government Distributes Power
Federation / Federal
Ways Government Distributes Power
Regional Authority
Regional Authority
Central Authority
Regional Authority
Regional Authority

9. Citizen Participation

10. Dictatorship monarchy
Autocratic
government in which one person possesses unlimited power and the citizen has little if any role in the government.
Dictatorship
monarchy

11. Example: China, Vietnam
Oligarchic
government by the few; sometimes a government in which a small group exercises control (especially for corrupt and selfish purposes). The citizen has a very limited role.
Example: China, Vietnam

12. Example: United States and Great Britain
Democratic
a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.
Example: United States and Great Britain

13. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation
High Participation
High Participation
Select Citizens’ Participation
General Citizens’ Participation
Government Power
Citizen Participation
Government Power
Government Power
Citizen Participation
Low or No Participation
Low or No Participation
Low or No Participation
Autocratic
Oligarchic
Democracy

14. Democratic Governments

15. Parliamentary
a system of government with the real executive power vested in the legislature; will usually have a Prime Minister elected by the legislature.

16. Presidential
a system of government in which the president is constitutionally independent of the legislature; this person is elected seperately