forms of government Flashcards
life without a government is called ___________
anarchy
4 dichotomies of government
- Dichotomy 1: Based on Freedom and Rights of the People
- Dichotomy 2: Based on Number of Rulers
- Dichotomy 3: Based on Extent of Powers of the Central Government
- Dichotomy 4: Based on the Relationship of the Branches of Gov’t.
2 Gov’t Based on Freedom and Rights of People
Democracy & Communism
People are powerful and have freedom to be who they want to be
Democracy
Free market economy, capitalism.
Democracy
Government has full control of the political and economic lives of the people. Equal distribution of wealth. No rich, no poor.
Communism
One cannot criticize the government
Communism
Based on Number of Rulers
One man rule & Run by many
ONE PERSON RULER
- Monarchy
- Fascism
MANY PERSON RULER
- Aristocracy
- Oligarchy
- Democracy
- Communism
- Constitutional Monarchy
One Person is also called
Autocracy
Rule of the Monarch, king or queen
Monarchy
Type of monarchy where what he says is the law of the land
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
Type of monarchy where there is a constitution. There is a parliament doing the nitty-gritty of governance. The monarch is just a figure-head.
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
Rule of a Dictator. Everything for the glory of the state. Mostly from military uprising.
Fascism
“rule of the best” A group of people ruled each polis
Aristocracy
ruled by very rich and powerful. They are usually selfish, corrupt, and are gluttons of wealth, pride, and more power
Oligarchy
Rule of the People
Democracy
all people decide matters in a meeting. Also called Pure Democracy.
Direct Democracy
people select representatives, then there presentatives meet together to decide matters. Also called Representative Democracy.
Indirect Democracy
A Central Committee runs the government. They are in charge of keeping the “equal distribution of wealth” and discipline in the state.
Communism
Based on the Extent of Powers of the National Government
Unitary & Federal
The national government is in-charge of all affairs. National government tells the local governments what to do.
Unitary (ex. Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore)
There is a national government which takes care of national affairs but the state is divided into units and have their own government and law.
Federal (ex. USA, Germany)
Based on the Relationship of the Executive and Legislative Branches of Government
Presidential & Parliamentary
3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
Legislative
Executive
Judiciary
Makes laws
Legislative
Implements the laws
Executive
Convicts or acquits people accused of law-breaking
Judiciary
The person who is really in-charge and responsible for running the nitty-gritty of governance
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
The person who symbolically represents the state. He may be the head of government at the same time; or he may be another person aside from the head of government.
HEAD OF STATE
The Head of Government is ALSO the Head of State. He is elected by direct democracy. He is independent of the Legislative. In the same way, the Legislative is also independent from the head of the government.
Presidential (Philippines, USA, Indonesia)
He is the Head of Government. There may be another person who is the Head of State (like the King). The head of the government is dependent on the Legislative.
Parliamentary (ex. UK, Canada, Japan, Malaysia)
What do you call the leader of presidential
President
what do you call the leader of parliamentary
Prime Minister
What is PH in terms of the 4 dichotomies
Democratic
Many Person
Unitary
Presidential
this form of government has short arms
Unitarianism
Federalism
Oligarchy
Communism
Federalism
this is an example of a constitutional monarchy.
Philippines
USA
Saudi Arabia
United Kingdom
United Kingdom (also Japan & Thailand)
2 countries under absolute monarchy
Saudi Arabia and Brunei
