Comparing FORMS of
Government
Monarchy
A system of government
in which a single ruler
exercises supreme power
based on heredity or
divine right
Authoritarian
aka: Dictatorship
A system of government in
which a single person or
group exercises supreme
power based on its control
of the military and police
Theocracy
A system of government
in which there is no
separation of church and
state – the leaders of the
government are also the
leaders of the church
Single-Party State
A system of government in which only one political
party is allowed by the constitution to govern, and
power is exercised by the leaders of the party
Direct
Democracy
A system of government
in which public decisions
are made directly by the
citizens in assemblies,
town hall meetings, or
voting by ballot
Parliamentary Democracy
A system of government in which voters elect lawmakers
to represent them in parliament; the leaders of the
executive branch are the leaders of the majority party in
parliament
Liberal Democracy
A system of government in which voters elect lawmakers
to represent them in the legislature and a president to
lead the executive branch as head of the government
A System of government in
which power is centralized in
the national government;
regional governments only
exercise powers given by
national government
Totalitarianism
Comparing SYSTEMS of
Government
A System of government in
which power is centralized in
the national government;
regional governments only
exercise powers given by
national government
Unitary System
A system of government in
which power is divided
between national and
regional governments
Federal System
A system of government in
which power resides in
regional governments; the
national government gets its
power from regional
governments
Confederal System
Comparing ECONOMIC
SYSTEMS
An economic
system in
which
decisions
about what
goods and
services to
produce and
how are made
on the basis of
tradition
Traditional Economy
Market Economy
An economic system
that relies mainly on
markets to determine
what goods and
services to produce
and how
An economic system
that relies mainly on
the central
government to
determine what
goods and services to
produce and how, and
who can buy what is
produced
Command Economy
Now, Let’s Put it all
Together…