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Government Types
Republic: People elect all major party officials and
these officials are then in charge of people.
Head is usually a Prime Minister or a President
Federal Republic: A federal republic is a federation
of states with a republican form of government. A
federation is the central government. The states in a
federation also maintain all political sovereignty that
they do not yield to the federation.
Autocracy
Auto = one/self
Oldest form of government: one person in control
Gained power from inheritance or through military
power
Totalitarian dictatorships: aim to control aspects of
people’s lives.
Monarchy
A monarchy has a king, queen, emperor or empress.
The ruling position can be passed on to the ruler’s heirs…
also known as heretic (inherited)
In some traditional (ABSOLUTE) monarchies, the
monarch has absolute power.
A constitutional monarchy, like the UK, also has a
democratic gov. that limits the monarch’s control. A
PRIME MINISTER leads but has a parliament help
govern. (King & Queen are symbolic figures.
Parliamentary monarchy- elected parliament has control,
but King/Queen are symbolic but do help elect the
parliament.
Oligarchy
A government in which a few people such a
dominant clan or clique have power.
Ex: Taliban
Communism/Socialism
Government controls society
Socialism: less control, provides basic services,
welfare state
Government decides what to produce, how much to
produce and how to distribute what is produced.
Business/people cannot innovate/create and because
customers have no choices these economies are
“stagnate”
Communism Example
North Korea: Kim Jong Il v. South Korea
Which has a better…
GDP?
Life Expectancy?
10 years difference
Infrastructure
Underlying framework, system of public works of a
country, state and local government.
Examples: Roads, hospitals, schools, police and fire
departments, sewage and water treatment, electricity, food
supply, gasoline supply, trash disposal, house
What is the role of governments in infrastructure
Developing v. Developed Countries
Developled Countries: have a solid infrastructure
Developing Countries: lack infrastructure and have
lower GDP’s
Why can’t we just loan them more $$ to develop their
infrastructure??