FORMS OF GOVERNMENT

AUTOCRACY:

MONARCHY

• the monarch and royal family of a country.
• a form of government with a monarch at the head.
• a state or nation in which the supreme power
• is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch

AUTOCRACY

• a system of government by one person with absolute power.
• a country, state, or society governed by one person with power.
• domineering rule or control.

TOTALITARIAN DICTATORSHIP

• : centralized control by an autocratic authority
• totalitarianism, form of government that permits no individual freedom
• absolute control by the state or a governing branch of a centralized institution.
• exercising control over the freedom, will, or thought of others

OLIGARCHY

OLIGARCHY

• a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
• "to rule or to command"
• a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people
• a few people that hold power

ARISTOCRACY

• class in certain societies, especially those holding titles or offices.
• a form of government in which power is held by the nobility.
• is a form of government in which power is in the hands of a small group

MILITARY JUNTA

• is a government led by a committee of military leaders.
• Spanish word junta, meaning committee or meeting;
• specifically a board of directors.

COMMUNISM

• a political theory derived from Karl Marx,
• is a socioeconomic system structured upon common ownership
• a theory or system of social organization

DEMOCRACY

DEMOCRACY

• a form of government in which the supreme power is vested
• a state of society characterized by formal equality of right
• control of an organization or group by the majority of its people

DIRECT DEMOCRACY

• form of government in which all laws are created by a general vote of society
• In a true direct democracy, every single law, bill or issue of justice is voted on by all people
• the people govern themselves by voting on issues individually as citizens.

REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY

• a government in which people elect delegates to make laws
• public votes for representatives, who then make laws on its behalf.
• is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group

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