Main Political Systems And Governments Flashcards
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3 forms of government
Republic, monarchy, dictatorship
3 political regimes
Democracy (Republic and specific kinds of monarchy), authoritarianism, totalitarianism (communism, fascism, Islamic fundamentalism)
What is democracy
Form of government in which the citizens create and vote for laws directly or indirectly via representatives (democratic republic)
Where does the idea of democracy come from?
Stems back from Ancient Greece and the profound work of ancient academics
Democracies around the world
USA, Russia, India, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan
USA form of government
Federal constitutional republic
(US President is head of state and head of government and shares the power with the Congress and the federal courts)
Russia form of government
Federation (with a Republican form of government)
India form of government
Federal republic
How many states are there in Indian federal republic
29 states
How many union territories are there in Indian federal republic
6 union territories
United Kingdom form of government
Parliamentary democracy (operating within a constitutional monarchy)
France form of government
Republic (within a semi-presidential system of government)
Italy form of government
Parliamentary republic (President is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government)
Spain form of government
Parliamentary Monarchy (representative democratic constitutional monarchy in which monarch is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government)
Germany form of government
Federal republic (democratic, federal parliamentary republic)
What are the Bundestag and Bundesrat in German politics
Respectively, Parliament of Germany and the representative body of the Länder, Germany’s regional states, which have the federal legislative power
Japan form of government
Constitutional monarchy (multi-party bicameral parliamentary representative democratic system where Emperor is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government and the head of the Cabinet)
Authoritarianisms around the world
China, Cuba, South Korea
What is an authoritarian government
In it, the people have no power or representation. It is characterised by absolute or blind obedience to formal authority. It is against individual freedom and expects unquestioning obedience
What does the elite leader in an authoritarian government handle
He handles all economic, military and foreign relations
China form of government
People’s Republic (framework of socialist republic run by a single party, the Communist party of China)
Cuba form of government
Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic (military regime)
South Korea form of government
Unitary presidential constitutional republic (military regime)
What is totalitarianism
Most extreme form of authoritarianism because it controls all aspects of life including the communication between citizens, media censorship and threatens by the means of terror
