Forms of Goverment Flashcards
Civics
the study or science of the privileges and obligations of citizens.
Community
a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
Government
the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration:
Direct Democracy
to manage or guide by advice, helpful information,instruction,ect;
Representative
a person or thing that represents another or others
Representative Democracy
The United States is a representative democracy. This means that our government is elected by citizens. Here, citizens vote for their government officials. These officials represent the citizens’ ideas and concerns in government. Voting is one way to participate in our democracy.
Monarchy
a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch.: Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
Oligarchy
a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
Minority
the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
Majority
the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority):
Autocracy
government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others; the government or power of an absolute monarch.
Communism
a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
Socialism
a theory or system of social organization that advocates the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, capital, land, etc., by the community as a whole, usually through a centralized government.
Totalitarianism
the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
Citizen Participation
Citizen participation’ refers to citizen involvement in public decision making. In different interpretations, ‘citizens’ may be either individuals or organized communities, and ‘participation’ may involve either observation or power.
