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Unit 1 – Foundations and Principles of Government

Unit 1 – Foundations and Principles of Government. Classic and Contemporary Forms of Government. 7 Classical Forms of Government. Absolute Monarchy – King/Queen control government and military (Classical France) Authoritarian - Individual or Group has unlimited authority (Czar of Russia)

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Unit 1 – Foundations and Principles of Government

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  1. Unit 1 – Foundations and Principles of Government Classic and Contemporary Forms of Government

  2. 7 Classical Forms of Government

  3. Absolute Monarchy – King/Queen control government and military (Classical France) • Authoritarian - Individual or Group has unlimited authority (Czar of Russia) • Classical Republic – a Representative Democracy elected leaders (Rome) • Despotism – ruler with absolute power, rules a tyrant (pharaohs of Egypt)

  4. Feudalism – rule of local lords bound to king (medieval England) • Liberal Democracy – elected gov’t whose focus is on protection of individual rights based on limited gov’t • Totalitarian – gov’t that tries to control all facets of citizens’ lives (Hitler)

  5. Contemporary Governments

  6. Contemporary Governments They are categorized three ways: • Who can participate • Who holds the power in the government • Relationship between the executive branch and legislative branch

  7. Who can participate? • Democracy • Dictatorship Either you can or you can’t

  8. Who can participate? • Democracy – all qualified voters participate (subject to such things as age and citizenship) • Direct – each person votes • Representative – people choose a representative to vote on their behalf in govt. • Ex. US, Great Britain, France

  9. Who can participate? • Dictatorship – the citizens have no say in any matter of government • Autocracy – a dictatorship of one person (ie. Hussein Iraq) • Oligarchy – a dictatorship of a small group (ie. Communist China)

  10. Who has the power? • Federal • Confederate • Unitary F C U OO oO Oo

  11. Who has the power? • Federal System – divides the power to govern evenly between national and state governments • Think of the “Federal Government” and how Washington DC is responsible for some laws and Austin is responsible for some laws

  12. Who has the power? • Confederate – the majority of the lies with the state governments • Last active Confederate government was the Confederate States of American (1860 – 1865) • They usually do not last long due to individual states not wishing to yield the need of the whole • Articles of Confederation 1781

  13. Who has the power? • Unitary – the majority of the power lies with the national government • Active Unitary governments include Great Britain and France • They are as successful as Federal Governments

  14. Who has the power?

  15. Relationship between the Executive and Legislative Branches • Presidential • Parliamentary (Let’s remember the 8th grade – Legislative Branch makes the laws and the Executive Branch enforces those laws)

  16. Relationship between Executive and Legislative • Presidential – The Executive and Legislative branches are separate but coequal. They are elected independently • Have the title of President

  17. President Francois Hollande of France

  18. Relationship between Executive and Legislative Branches • Parliamentary System – the Executive brand is chosen by the Legislative Branch is subject to their confidence (No Confidence Vote) • Title of Prime Minister or Premier • David Cameron – PM of GB

  19. C & C Presidential and Parliamentary

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