TYPES OF GOVERNMENT
Capitalism, Socialism,
Communism,, Fascism
Lorraine Richards
Montebello High School, CA
richards_lorraine@montebello.k12.ca.us
Capitalism
Capitalism
First
In
Use
• End/ Middle Ages
domestic system laissez
faire mercantilism.
Capitalism
Goal
• Private investment for
profit.
Capitalism
Theory
Who
owns
Property
• Private ownership,
individuals invest in
corporations or
individual business
Capitalism
Practice
Who
Owns
Property
• Private ownership,
government owns some
property.
Capitalism
Theory
Form of
Government
• Can be any form except
totalitarianism.
Capitalism
Practice
Form of
Government
• Generally democracy with
representation, Early
capitalist often autocratic.
Capitalism
How
Government
takes
Control
• Peacefully,
democratically, people
voting.
Capitalism
Theory
Which
Classes
Benefit
Most?
• Those who invest.
Capitalism
Theory
Which
Classes
Benefit
The
Least?
• No one, everyone can
invest
Capitalism
Practice
Which
Classes
Benefit
Most?
• Rich, investors (unless
bad investing), upper and
middle classes.
Capitalism
Practice
Which
Classes
Benefit
the least?
• Poor- unable to invest.
Capitalism
Modern
Examples
• U.S., much of Latin America
Capitalism
Amount • Greatest under laissez
faire but many freedoms
of
in democratic Countries.
Individual
Freedom
Socialism
Socialism
First
In
Use
 Early 1800’s Owen, Fourier, St.
Simon, Blanc. Fabianism.
Joseph Fourier
Socialism
Goal
Working together for
improvement of economy
and community.
Socialism
Theory
Who
Owns
Property
Everyone owns everything
collectively, public
ownership.
Socialism
Practice
Who
Owns
property
Collective farms, most
socialist countries
government owns major
industry
Socialism
Theory
Form
Of
Government
Direct democracy,
everyone makes collective
decisions.
Socialism
Practice
Form
Of
Government
Generally democratic.
Socialism
How
Gov’t
Takes
Control
Usually democratic and
peaceful.
Socialism
Theory
Which
Classes
Benefit
The
Most?
None (or all) classes society,
all benefit equally.
Socialism
Theory
Which
Classes
Benefit
The
Least?
None - classless society
Socialism
Practice
Which
Classes
Benefit
The
Most?
None, some may be
wealthier but all benefit
equally.
Socialism
Practice
Which
Classes
Benefit
Least?
Those who oppose society
may be ostracized.
Socialism
Amount
Of
Individual
Freedom
More government control
than capitalist countries
but many freedoms.
Socialism
Modern Collective farms (Israel),
Scandinavia.
Examples
Communism
Communism
First
In
Use
 Early 1900’s Bolsheviks
1850- Marx
Communism
Goal
 No private ownership,
classless society,
international takeover.
Communism
Theory
Who
Owns
Property
 All public ownership.
Communism
Practice
Who
Owns
Property
 All public property, but
individuals able to own
small portions.
Communism
Theory
Form
Of
Government
 Oligarchy of workers
OR everyone makes
collective decisions.
Communism
Practice
Form
Of
Government
 Usually oligarchic,
party controls
legislature and
executive decisions
Communism
How
Gov’t
Takes
control
 Revolution, Force.
Communism
Theory
Which
Classes
Benefit
The
Most?
 Workers, peasants
immediately, eventually a
classless society.
Communism
Theory
Which
Classes
Benefit
The
Least?
 Wealthy persons
Communism
Practice
Which
Classes
Benefit
The
Most?
 Communist Party
members and Politburo.
Communism
Practice
Which
Classes
Benefit
The
Least?
 Wealthy or religious
persons.
Communism
Amount
Of
Individual
Freedom
 Strict obedience to
government , strong
censorship, opposition to
government not allowed.
Communism
Modern
Examples
 North Korea, Cuba,
and China.
Fascism
Fascism
First
In
Use
 Mussolini
Fascism
Goal
 Government control of
economics while letting
private ownership.
Anti fascist newspaper
Fascism
Theory
Who
Owns
Property
Private ownership but
under strict government
control.
Fascism
Practice
Who
Owns
Property
 State regulates
industries and property
though privately owned.
Leon Trotsky
Fascism
Theory
Form
Of
Government
 Totalitarian autocracy or
oligarchy.
Fascism
Practice
Form
Of
Government
 Totalitarian autocracy
or oligarchy.
Fascism
How
Gov’t
Takes
Control
 First peaceful and then
by force.
Fascism
Theory
Which
Classes
Benefit
Most?
 Upper classes keep
wealth, workers get
government help.
Fascism
Theory
Which
Classes
Benefit
Least?
 “None-pure” classes,
communists.
Fascism
Practice
Which
Classes
Benefit
Most?
 Capitalists and upper
classes, unemployed
get jobs.
Fascism
Practice
Which
Classes
Benefit
Least?
 Communists, and
socialist, non- Fascists.
The League of Nations votes to impose deliberately ineffectual economic sanctions against
Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
Fascism
Amount
Of
Individual
Freedom
 Personal acts
restricted, strong
censorship, police
state, totalitarian.
Fascism
Modern
Examples
 None clearly so today
Fascist Italian Flag