Democracy Supreme political authority rests with the people

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Democracy Supreme political authority rests with the people Can be either direct or indirect Indirect: aka Representative; people are elected to express the will of the people.

Dictatorship Oldest and most common form of government Those in power have absolute, unchallengeable, authority Either autocracy or oligarchy Autocracy: single person holds political power Oligarchy: power to rule is held by a small group Cuba

Unitary A centralized government All government powers held by a central agency Central agency creates local units for convenience NOT a dictatorship France

Federal Powers of government are divided between central government and local governments Division of powers cannot be changed by local or national level alone

Confederate An alliance of independent states Central organization handles matters member states assign to it European Union

Presidential Executive and legislative branches are separate but coequal (have same amount of power) Branches can block actions of the other branches

Parliamentary Executive (Prime Minister) Prime Minister and Cabinet are members of legislative branch Prime Minister is the leader of majority party Great Britain