Terms: Forms of Government Flashcards
Government by the people
Democracy
People vote directly
Direct democracy
Representatives vote
Indirect democracy
Representative democracy protecting the rights of the individual
Liberal democracy
Although elections take place, citizens are cut off from knowledge about the activities of those who exercise power because they lack civil liberties
Illiberal democracy
Government by the wealthy
Plutocracy
Government by a small privileged class with hereditary rule
Aristocracy
Government by religious leaders
Theocracy
Corrupt government by those who seek personal gain and wealth at the expense of the governed
Kleptocracy
Government reliant on technical experts
Technocracy
Government by a few
Oligarchy
Government by a single person
Monarchy
Absence of government
Anarchy
Minimum standard of living
Socialism
Collective epiphany in which every person has equal value and shares everything
Theoretical communism
Totalitarian application of the communist notion
Modern communism
Regime that exalts the nation and race above the individual and that stands for an autocratic government
Fascism
Form of extreme nationalism
Jingoism
Collection of states with a central government where the central government has final say
Federal
Collection of states with a central government where the states have final say
Confederal
Most of all government power resides in the federal government
Unitary
People get together to speak; prime minister and cabinet; no separation of powers
Parliamentary
Form of government in which representatives are elected an these is no king or queen
Republicanism
Leader obtains power through elections and the government gets what it wants but does not run everything
Authoritarianism
Political system based on subordination of the individual to the states where there is struck control of all aspects of life
Totalitarianism
Belief in human equality
Egalitarianism
Person who rules with absolute authority, often in a brutal way
Dictator
Philosophy that holds that decision should be made according to the numerical majority
Majoritarianism
Philosophy that holds that decision should be made according to whoever receives the most votes
Pluralism
Rule by women
Matriarchy
Rule by men
Patriarchy
System that protects people and gives them what they need but does not give them any responsibility or the freedom of choice
Paternalism
Practice by which a country increases its power by conquering other territory
Imperialism
Influence or control over another country or group of people
Hegemony
Small country this is controlled or protected by a larger country
Protectorate
