1. Citizen Participation

2. What is the citizen’s role?
This is a basic question that we must look at when understanding a country’s government.

3. Autocracy
A single person has complete power.

4. Autocracy Characteristics
Defining Characteristics
Constitutional Monarchy
Absolute Monarchy
Dictatorship
Elections are free and open + -
Elections are not held or tightly controlled
Leaders seize power
+/-
National Leaders inherit their position
Rulers claim power by “divine right”
People elect representatives
People are the sovereign power
National leader or leaders are the sovereign power
Liberties and rights protected by a constitution
Commoners can petition the King
Nobles serve and advise the Queen
Liberties and rights granted by the national leader(s)
Multiple Political Party System
One Political Party System
Encourages Free Citizen Participation
Limited Citizen Participation

5. How Leader Gets Power Inherit the power
Overthrow the government using force

6. Oligarchy
Very few people have complete power.

7. Oligarchy Characteristics
Defining Characteristics
Oligarchy
Elections are not held or tightly controlled +
Leaders seize power
National leader or leaders are the sovereign power
Liberties and rights granted by the national leader(s)
One Political Party System
Limited Citizen Participation

8. How Leader Gets Power
passed on their power from generation to generation

9. Democracy
The control is put in the hands of the citizens.

10. Characteristics of a Democracy
Defining Characteristics
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
All eligible citizens can assemble and vote on issues + -
Elections are free and open
People elect representatives
People are the sovereign power
Liberties and rights protected by a constitution
+/-
Multiple Political Party System
-/+
Encourages Free Citizen Participation

11. How Leader Gets Power
Leader is voted by the people

13. Oligarchy Autocracy Democracy
Organize the three government types by how many people get to make decisions:
____________ The most people
2. ____________ A few people
3. ____________ One person
Democracy
Oligarchy
Autocracy

14. Types of Democracy Presidential Democracyor
Parliamentary Democracy
(there is not just one flavor of soda)

15. Presidential vs. Parliamentary Systems of Government
President elected by the citizens
Parliamentary
Prime Minister (PM) selected by the majority party in Parliament

16. Presidential Democracy
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
President – Elected by the people
Senators-Elected by the people.
Representatives-Elected by the people.
Supreme Justices-Appointed by President and confirmed by the legislative branch
In all these position, the people are elect their representative.

17. Parliamentary Democracy
Legislature
The power of the government is not divided into branches.
The members of the legislature are elected by the people.
The party that has control of the legislature selects the prime minister.
The legislature is given the “supreme” power of government by the people.
The people do not get to elect the prime minister.

18. Similarities
Citizens have the right to vote
Forms of Democracies

19. Differences Presidential: Separation of Powers President
Leaders answers to the people
Checks and balances
Parliamentary:
Legislature controls power
Prime minisiter
Leaders answers to legislature