Forms of Government

1. Forms
of
Government

2. Government

3. Government
A government is the system or group of
people governing an organized
community, generally a state.
the exercise of political authority over the
actions, affairs, etc, of a political unit,
people, etc, as well as the performance of
certain functions for this unit or body

4. NUMBER OF PERSONS EXTENT OF POWERS
Principal Forms
Number of persons exercising
sovereign powers.
Scope of powers exercised bynthe
central or national government.
RELATIONSHIP OF THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
relationship between Executive
and Legislative Branches

5. Number of Person/s

6. Number of person/s
a political system in
which supreme
authority is vested in
the monarch, an
individual ruler who
functions as head of
state.
MONARCHY ARISTOCRACY DEMOCRACY
a government form
in which a small, elite
ruling class — the
aristocrats — have
power over those in
lower socioeconomic
strata
a form of government
in which the people
have the authority to
deliberate and decide
legislation, or to
choose governing
officials to do so.
FEW MANY
ONE

7. Number of person/s
a cruel, harsh, and
unfair government in
which a person or
small group of people
have power over
everyone else.
Authoritarianism
/Totalitarianism
TYRANNY OLIGARCHY
government by the
few, especially
despotic power
exercised by a small
and privileged group
for corrupt or selfish
purposes. Plutocracy.
FEW
ONE
MOBOCRACY
A political system in
which a mob is the
source of control;
government by the
masses. Ochlocracy.
MANY

8. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY LIMITED /
CONSTITUTIONAL
MONARCHY
Monarchy
a form of monarchy in which the
monarch rules in their own right or
power.
a monarchy that is limited by laws
and a constitution.

9. DIRECT DEMOCRACY INDIRECT DEMOCRACY
Democracy
a form of democracy in which the
electorate decides on policy
initiatives without elected
representatives as proxies. Pure
democracy.
the political system where
representatives act on the behalf of
the citizens in the parliament and
voice their aspirations and
problems. Representative
democracy.

10. Extent of Powers

11. UNITARY GOVERNMENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Extent of Powers
a kind of government system in
which a single power, which is
known. as the central government,
controls the whole government. In
fact, all powers and. administrative
divisions authorities lies at the
central place.
consists of the federal or national
government and constituent states
and local governments in each
state. Each state government may
define with local governments, the
functions and the powers of the
latter.

12. Relationship of
Three Branches of
Government

13. PRESIDENTIAL
GOVERMENT
PARLIAMENTTARY
GOVERNMENT
Relationship of Branches
a system of government in which
the president is constitutionally
independent of the legislature.
Separation of Powers
form of government in which the
party (or a coalition of parties) with
the greatest representation in the
parliament (legislature) forms the
government, its leader becoming
prime minister or chancellor.
Fusion of Powers

14. Forms
of
Government

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