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Evaluating Governments

Evaluating Governments. Deciding who has Legislative, Executive and Judicial Power. Introduction. Remember, by the end of this lesson, you will be able to classify a government and prove your analysis with facts from a resource. . Forms of government Chapter 1 section 2.

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Evaluating Governments

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  1. Evaluating Governments Deciding who has Legislative, Executive and Judicial Power

  2. Introduction • Remember, by the end of this lesson, you will be able to classify a government and prove your analysis with facts from a resource.

  3. Forms of government Chapter 1 section 2 • You will need to understand the criteria used to classify governments. • Remember, last class we talked about one criteria used to classify governments when discussing the difference between Democratic and Dictatorial governments • Today we will learn the other criteria used to classify governments.

  4. Subheading 1 Classifying governments • When classifying governments, the three things that we look for are: • 1) Who can participate in the governing process? • 2) The geographic distribution of governmental power within the State. • 3) The relationship between the legislative and executive branches of the government.

  5. Subheading 2 Who can participate in the governing process? • Democracy-- Sovereignty is held by the citizens • There are two types of democracy • Direct democracy (AKA pure democracy): every citizen gets to vote on every issue • Indirect democracy( AKA Representative Democracy): citizens choose representatives who will decide and vote on issues for them

  6. Subheading 2 Who can participate in the governing process • Dictatorship: Sovereignty is held by the people who rule • In a dictatorship, the government is not held responsible by anyone for its actions, or public policies • Most dictators today are Totalitarian. This means they control every aspect of life within their country. • There are also two types of dictatorships • Autocracies– one person is in complete control • Oligarchy– there is a small ruling class that makes decisions for the country

  7. Subheading 3 Geographic distribution of power • Another thing that separates different government structures is how the legislative, executive and judicial powers are split up within a country.

  8. Subheading 3 Geographic distribution of power • Unitary government (AKA centralized government)– All of the governmental power is located in one area. The only people who are allowed to make and enforce laws are all based in one central headquarter. • Even though there may be representatives throughout the country, the power to make decisions is centrally located

  9. Subheading 3 Geographic distribution of power • Federal Government-- The governmental power is divided between one or more groups and each group has the power to make, enforce and judge laws within their own area.

  10. Subheading 3 Geographic distribution of power • Confederate Government (confederation)– In this type of government, independent States create a central organization that can only do what the member states allow it to do. • Confederations can not make laws that the citizens must follow, they can only make policies that the member States agree to • Confederations are usually formed to help States increase military or economic strength.

  11. Subheading 4 Relationship between the Legislative and Executive branches • Presidential Government: The leader of this government is the President and his cabinet • The legislative and executive branches are totally separate and independent from each other • The two branches are coequal; even though they have different powers one group is not more powerful than the other. • There are term limits for members of both branches

  12. Subheading 4 Relationship between the Legislative and Executive branches • Parliamentary Government • The leader of the executive is the prime minister and his cabinet • The executive branch members come from and still participate in the legislative branch which is called parliament. • The P.M. is selected by the parliament and is not coequal with the legislative branch (parliament) • The P.M. does not have a term limit, but can be voted out of office at anytime if a majority of parliament members choose to vote out the P.M.

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