Forms Of Government Flashcards
Dictatorship: Autocracy
A government a single person holds unlimited political power
Dictatorship: Oligarchy
A government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite
Dictatorship: Authoritarian
Those in power hold absolute and unchallengeable authority over the people
Dictatorship: Tolutarian
Exercise complete power over nearly every aspect of human affairs. All matters of human concern
Geographic Distribution of Government: Unitary Government
- Unitary government describes a centralized government
- Powers belong to a central agency
- Creates local units of government
- Local governments have only powers that the central government gives them
Geographic Distribution of Government: Federal Government
- Federal government: one in which the powers of government are divided between central and served local government
- Both sets of government act directly on the people through their own sets of laws, officials and agencies
Geographic Distribution of Government: Confederate Government
- Confederate Government: an alliance of independent states
* A central organization, the confederate government only handles those
Relationship between Legislative and Executive Branches: Presidential Government
• Presidential Government: executive and legislative branches of the government are separate and independent of one another, and they are coequal
Relationship between Legislative and Executive Branches: Parliamentary Government
• Parliamentary Government: the executive is made up of the prime minister and the officials cabinet
Name 3 Classifications of Government
- Who can participate in the governing process
- The geographic distribution of government power within the state
- The relationship between Legislative and the Executive, executing branches of the government
