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Leadership Styles
And
Government Structures
Leadership Styles
Around the World
There are four main
types of leadership
Laissez-Fair leadership
-believes that the government should
intervene as little as possible in the lives
of it’s citizens
-also known as “hands-off” leadership
-generally, there is no governmental
structure in place
-there are no laws, and everyone makes
their own rules and decisions
Theocratic leadership
-state is ruled by officials who are thought
to be guided by a divine being
-it literally means the Rule of God
-at one time, church and religion played a
very large role in the running of most
countries
Theocratic – Vatican City
Autocratic leadership
-one leader has uncontrolled or
unlimited authority or power over others
-also known as a dictatorship
-one person who makes the decisions for
the entire country
-leaders are often forceful, and may use
threats of violence to enforce their will
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Democratic leadership
-supreme power is given to the people and
exercised by them (through voting)
-citizens elect leaders and decision makers
through majority voting
-the opinions and views of the public are
encouraged and valued
-leaders must please the citizens of the
country, so that they can be re-elected
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Types of
Government
Monarchy
-one of the oldest forms of government
-claim to rule by “divine right”, they are
human gods
-titles are passed down through generations
-monarchs rule with total power, and have
the right to create or enforce any
law they desire; they also
rule the military, politics
and the economy
Constitutional Monarchy
-acknowledge a monarch as head of state, but
monarch has no power
-most CM’s have a democratic parliament,
where a Prime Minister is voted into power
by election
-the true power resides with the
citizens
Oligarchy
-a small group of people have all of the power
-some examples of an oligarchy are:
Theocracy, rule by religious officials
• Plutocracy, rule by the wealthy
• Timocracy, rule by the most intelligent
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-most often, oligarchies try to balance the interest
of all people
Communism
-system of social organization based on the idea
of all property belongs to the state
-most property is publicly owned and each
citizen works for the benefit of the country
-the idea is a classless society where all people
are equal and no one person is wealthier or
above another
-no matter the job, everyone is paid the same
-in order for communism to work,
citizens must make personal
sacrifices for the betterment of
the entire society
Fascism
-led by a dictator having complete power,
forcibly suppressing opposition and
criticism, controlling everything and
emphasizing an aggressive nationalism
-an extremely authoritarian style of
government
-often rely on propaganda and violent
enforcement of political
messages
-cultures of fear
Democracy
-government that is controlled by the entire
population through elected officials
-the elected officials have the responsibility
to respect the needs of people
-the citizens have the
responsibility to abide by the
laws of the state and government