1. Democracy A Multidimensional Concept

2. There are about 195-205 Nations in the World

3. Government Every nation has some type of system for making decisions, setting rules, and maintaining order.

4. There are many different Types of Government

5. Forms of Government One Person Rules A Small Group Rules The People Rule Nobody Rules

6. Autocracy (One Person Rule) Examples – Monarchy (King, Queen, Emporer)  Saudi Arabia: King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud  Oman: Qaboos bin Said Al Said  Qatar: Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani – Dictatorship  Cameroon: Paul Biya  Democratic Republic of the Congo: Denis Sassou Nguesso  Syria: Bashar Hafez al-Assad  Cuba: Fidel/Raul Castro  Sudan: Omar Al-Bashir  Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe  North Korea: Kim Jong-un

7. Oligarchy (Rule by a Small Group) Examples  Military Dictatorship (rule by the military) China: The Communist Party (not Xi Jinping) Fiji: Military Forces (not Commodore Frank Bainimarama)  Theocracy (rule by religious hierarchy) The Vatican: The Roman Catholic Church/Pope Benedict XVI Iran: Islamic Assembly of Experts/Ayatollah Khamenei  PlutocracyAristocracy (rule by the elite or the rich) Nowhere ? Everywhere ?

8. Anarchy (Nobody Rules) Anarchy is only a temporary condition, until some person or group assumes control and imposes rules. Anarchy generally occurs when an existing government falls apart or is destroyed.  Iraq: ‘temporarily’ after the U.S. toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003  Somalia: throughout much of the last 20 years  Libya: is this country moving into a state of anarchy? “Anarchists” are an active force in many places in the US and the world today.

9. Democracy (Rule by the People) Examples  Direct Democracy  California: The referendum, initiative, and recall  Representative Democracy  United States: Two-Party Democracy  Australia: Proportional Democracy

10. World Map of Democracy 2010 by Freedom House

13. An Anylitical Look at Democracy What conditions or structures or practices are required in a strong, genuine democracy? 1._______________________ 6. __________________________ 2._______________________ 7. __________________________ 3._______________________ 8. __________________________ 4._______________________ 9. __________________________ 5._______________________ 10. __________________________

14. USA Democracy Strengths? ------------------------ Weaknesses? --------------------------

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