1. Government Systems and Citizen Participation
What is government?
Government Systems and
Citizen Participation

2. What is Government?
When you hear the word “government,” what do you think of?
A Government is a political body with the authority to:
1) make laws
2) enforce those laws
3) interpret the laws
Oversees the general welfare of people

3. Governments of the world divide & distribute their power in different ways through THREE SYSTEMS.

4. I. Unitary Systems
All of the power (98%) is held by the central government
Examples include:
Japan
South Korea

5. II. Confederation Loose alliance of countries
Each country has equal control of its own laws
Can be unstable because members want their own way!!!

6. III. Federal System
A large central gov’t SHARES power with smaller, lower gov’ts
gives a lot of power to the lower governments to handle local affairs
EX: United States

7. Skip 2 lines AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS

8. Government of Kenya

9. Kenya A constitutional republic Men & women vote at age 18
has a president
legislature: “National Assembly”

10. South Africa

11. Republic of South Africa
parliamentary democracy
men & women 18 years old can vote
the National Assembly (legislature) elects the president

12. The Republic of Sudan

13. Sudan has a mean dictator (Dictator: ruler with 100% of all the power)
citizens have no rights