Governments
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Totalitarianism
Democracy
Representative democracy
Types of Authority
involves virtually complete government control and surveillance over all aspects of a society’s social and political life
a government in which one person has nearly total power to make and enforce laws
Dictators rule primarily through coercion
Power is typically seized
government by the people
a form of government in which
certain individuals are selected to speak for the people
a form of government in which a few individuals
rule
a form of government headed by a single member of a royal family, usually a king, queen, or some other hereditary ruler
Rational-legal authority: power made legitimate by law. Written rules and regulations of political systems are key
Charismatic authority: power made legitimate by leader’s
exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her follower
Traditional authority: legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice
Strictly, governments run by a few selected individual
United States is representative democracy
Most monarchs now have little practical power
Governed on the basis of traditional authority.