GOVERNMENT

1.

What is government?

Government is an organization people set up
to protect the community
and make rules

GOVERNMENT

2. What does a government do?

▪ Protects the community
▪ Makes laws
▪ Keeps order

Democracy

▪ In a democracy, the government is elected

by the people. Everyone who is eligible to
vote has a chance to have their say over
who runs the country. It is distinct from
governments controlled by a particular
social class or group

▪ A democracy is determined either directly

or through elected representatives.

Direct Democracy

▪ People vote directly on every issue

▪ Only practical in a small community

Representative Democracy

▪ People are represented by elected officials

▪ Used in large countries

▪ Also known as a Republic government

Monarchy

▪ Power is in the hands of a king,

queen, emperor or empress.

▪ The ruling position can be

passed on to the ruler’s heirs.

▪ In some traditional monarchies,

the monarch has absolute power.

▪ But a constitutional monarchy,

like the UK, also has a
democratic government that
limits the monarch's control.

Dictatorship

▪ A country ruled by a single

leader. The leader has not
been elected and may use
force to keep control.

▪ In a military dictatorship, the

army is in control.

Theocracy

▪ Governmental rulers are identical with the

leaders of the dominant religion

▪ Governmental policies are either identical with or

strongly influenced by the principals of the
majority religion.

▪ Government claims to rule on behalf of God or a

higher power

Communism

•  Associated with the ideas of Karl Marx, a German philosopher who outlined his ideas for a utopian society in The Communist Manifesto, written in 1848. Marx believed that capitalism, with its emphasis on profit and private ownership, led to inequality among citizens.

• The government owns and makes all decisions concerning the economy, holds all political power, and determines the
  distribution of goods and services.

Socialism

• Socialism is a political philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic and social systems, which are characterised by social ownership of the means of production, with an emphasis on democratic control, such as workers' self-management, as opposed to private ownership.

• The government controls most of a
  country’s means of production and the
  distribution of goods and services. other
  aspects of the economy are subject to
  market forces.

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