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Government Structures - Coggle Diagram
Government Structures
Classic Forms of Government
Authoritarian Forms
Totalitarian: controls every aspect of your life
Authoritarian: total control over government issues
Monarchy: Passed by bloodlines in an authoritarian way
Elite Forms
Oligarchy: small group rules and governs everybody
Theocracy: Ran by Religion
Plutocracy: government ran by the wealthy
Aristocracy: government in which power is held by the noblility
Self Governing Forms
Anarchy: No control from the government
Republic: population votes for representatives to make decisions
Democracy: everyone has a direct say, majority rules
Style of Sovereignty:
confederacy
collection of the unitary groups coming together in alliance
federal
More than 1 government has control, state and federal
unitary
1 government has sovereign power over you
Executive Powers: The power to carry out laws
Parliamentry
Prime Minister is chosen by the legislative branch and majority party, no term limit, gets fired by the majority party and they dont go against parliment
Presidential
the President is chosen by the people, 8 year terms, gets fired by both houses and they can go against congress
