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Democracy

Democracy. A Multidimensional Concept. There are about 195 Nations in the World. Government. Every nation has some type of system for making decisions, setting rules, and maintaining order. Forms of Government. There are many different Types of Government.

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Democracy

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  1. Democracy A Multidimensional Concept

  2. There are about 195Nations in the World

  3. Government Every nation has some type of system for making decisions, setting rules, and maintaining order.

  4. Forms of Government

  5. There are many different Types of Government

  6. Autocracy(One Person Rule)Examples • Monarchy (King, Queen, Emporer) • Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud • Oman: Qaboos bin Said Al Said • Qatar: Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani • Dictatorship • Cameroon: Paul Biya • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Denis Sassou Nguesso • Syria: Bashar Hafez al-Assad • Cuba: Fidel/Raul Castro • Sudan: Omar Al-Bashir • Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe • North Korea: Kim Jong-un

  7. Oligarchy (Rule by a Small Group)Examples • Military Dictatorship (rule by the military) China: The Communist Party (not Hu Jintao) Fiji: Military Forces (not Commodore Frank Bainimarama) • Theocracy (rule by religious hierarchy) The Vatican: The Roman Catholic Church/Pope Benedict XVI Iran: Islamic Assembly of Experts/Ayatollah Khamenei • Aristocracy (rule by some elite group or class) Nowhere ? Everywhere?

  8. Anarchy (Nobody Rules) • Anarchy is only a temporary condition, until some person or group assumes control and imposes rules. • Anarchy generally occurs when an existing government falls apart or is destroyed. • Iraq: ‘temporarily’ after the U.S. toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003 • Somalia: throughout much of the last 20 years • “Anarchists” are an active force in many places in the US and the world today.

  9. Democracy (Rule by the People)Examples • Direct Democracy • California: The referendum, initiative, and recall • Representative Democracy • United States: Two-Party Democracy • Australia: Proportional Democracy

  10. World Map of Democracy2010 by Freedom House

  11. An Anylitical Look atDemocracy In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln defined democracy as “government of the people, by the people, for the people” What conditions or structures or practices are required in a strong, genuine democracy? • _______________________ • _______________________ • _______________________ • _______________________ • _______________________

  12. The Essential Elements of Democracy Just One View

  13. USA Democracy Strengths? Weaknesses? -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- • ------------------------ • ------------------------ • ------------------------ • ------------------------

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