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Systems of Government
• Government is a system of rule.
• The exercise of authority over a state.– Control
– Rule
– Management
Absolute Monarchies
• Government with a hereditary ruler.
• Sole ruler is accountable ONLY to God.
• Absolutism
• Bossuet – said God put Monarchs here, disobedience to a monarch is being disobedient to God.
Examples of Absolute Monarchies
• Russia when they were led by a Czar (Nicholas).
• France – by Louis the XIV
Constitutional Monarchies
• System of government in which a monarch has agreed to share power with a constitutionally organized government.
• The monarch may retain head of state, or be purely a ceremonial head.
Usually limits monarch’s power.
• Monarch is usually a King or Queen.
• Constitution splits the government’s power to the legislature and the judiciary.
Examples
• England – 1700s – under the Stuarts ( James I, etc.)
• Australia, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Thailand.
Parliamentary Democracy
• Similar to our three branch system of government.– Executive Branch– Legislative Branch– Judicial Branch
• Two party system used in England 1871-1921
Roots are from British Parliament.
• Winston Churchill – “ Government is a servant to the people and not its master.
• Parliament elects the Head of State.Three branches have the most power.
Presidential Democracy
• System of government in which supreme authority rests with the people.
• Usually have the three branches of government.
• Some call it a representative Democracy.
Good example is U.S.
• Democracy defined :– Demos – people– Kratos – Might
• The people can control elected officials and keep voting in the “good” ones and getting rid of the “bad” ones.
Dictatorship
• Usually ruled by one, usually by strict force and fear.
• Those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people.
• Not accountable for policies.
Might be the oldest form of government.
• Most common form of government seen, especially when there is a military revolt.
• Dictators are authoritarian.
• Absolute and unchallengeable authority.
Theocracies
• Government by those regarded as divinely guided.
• Governments leaders may be clergy, or the state’s may be based on religious law.
• Theocratic rule was a basis for early civilizations.