1. THE FORMATION OF GOVERNMENTS
CHAPTER 1 SECTION 2

2. GOVERNMENTS Each government developed from its own unique situations.
Most governments include smaller divisions of that government.
Ex) provinces, states, counteis, cities, towns and villages.

3. Government Systems
Unitary system gives all key powers to the national, or central government.
Ex) Great Britain, France and Italy

4. Federal System
Government divides powers between national and state (or provincial governments).
Ex) United States, Canada, Switzerland, Mexico, Australia, India, and Russia.

5. Our Federal System in the Courts

6. Confederacy
Loose union of independent states.

7. Constitution A plan that provides rule for government.
1) Sets out ideals that the people bound by the constitution believe in and share.
2) establishes the basic structure of government and defines the government’s powers and duties.

8. Constitutional Government
A government in which a constitution has authority to place clearly recognized limits on the power of those who govern. The constitution in such a government LIMITS the government’s power.
US Constitution
1787 replaced Articles of Confederation.

9. Be careful!
Just because a government has a constitution does not mean it limits their power!
Ex) China

10. Incomplete Guides Constitutions are incomplete guides.
State’s rights, individuals freedoms are still fought over today.
Always does not reflect acutal practice.

11. All men are created equal??

12. Preamble The beginning of a constitutions
“We, the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

13. Constitutional Law Trying to figure out what means what.
“Interpretation and application of the constitution.”
Courts, judges, lawyers.

14. Politics
An effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government.

15. Politics
An effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government.

16. Special Interest Groups
For or against the “general” welfare.
Special Interest Groups push political parties towards new legislation or awareness.
Some believe they cause bribery and corruption.

17. PETA, NRA, MADD, Fire Brigades, Greenpeace

18. Industrialized Nations
Large industries and advanced technology that provide a more comfortable way of life than developing nations do.

19. G8
Group of 8 refers to the eight highly industrialized nations: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Great Britain, United States, Canada and Russia.
Much ambiguity, but they are there!

20. Global Interdependence
Globalizations, technology, and the World Wide Web bringing people closer to one another.
Growing dependent on one another for money, goods, technology, medicine, financial investments, military aid etc.
NAFTA!!!!

21. Nonstate, International Groups
Corporations, terrorist organizations etc.
Al-Qaeda, IRA, PLO
Sony, WTO, General Motors, Mitsubishi