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Government Structures-Comparing different governments - Coggle Diagram
Government Structures-Comparing different governments
Classic Forms of Government
Authoritarian Forms
Authoritarian: Government has total authority
Totalitarian: Government controls everything about your life
Monarchy: Authority passed through the bloodline
Elite Forms
Oligarchy: A small group of people rule
Theocracy: Government is based around religious beliefs
Self Governing Forms
Democracy: Everyone votes on decisions
Representative: A group is elected to make choices
Anarchy: No existing government
Styles of Sovereignty
Confederacy: collection of unitary governments banded together for one purpose.
Federal: More than one government has control
Unitary: One government has power
Executive Powers: The power to carry out laws
Presidential: An elected individual given power to make/back decisions
Parliamentary: A group of elected individuals given power to make/back decisions