How Do Citizens Participate in the Different Forms of Government? Autocratic Oligarchic Democratic

Autocratic Citizen Participation most dictators maintain their position via inheritance or military power, the citizen has little, if any role in the government. People who try to speak out against the government are often silenced through use of power.

Oligarchic Citizen Participation small group exercises control communist countries are mostly oligarchies the citizen has a very limited role in government

Democracy supreme power in vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

Simplified Autocratic- little or no role in government(one dude runs the show example: dictatorship) Oligarchic- limited role( a few run the show,rule by a few, power behind the throne example: most communist governments) Democratic- major role with the most basic way being voting ( all people have a part in running the show example: presidential and parliamentary)