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Political Understandings of Europe

Explore the various forms of government in Europe, including unitary, confederation, and federal systems. Learn how power is distributed and compare different countries' governmental structures.

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Political Understandings of Europe

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  1. Political Understandings of Europe SS6CG4: The student will compare and contrast various forms of government. SS6CG5: The student will explain the structure of modern European governments.

  2. Forms of government in the world What do you aabout the types of government all over the world?

  3. UNITARY • Single national government has all the power. • One central government, most common in the world, works best with small populated countries, one level is easy to deal with.

  4. Unitary Ways Government Distributes Power state state Central Authority state state

  5. UNITARY Strong Central Government

  6. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

  7. List of Unitary Countries Italy Poland Portugal Spain Ukraine United Kingdom

  8. CONFEDERATIONS • Made up of voluntary state governments Loose alliance between them. • States/countries come together for a common goal (such as defense or the economy)

  9. Confederation Ways Government Distributes Power state state Central Authority state state

  10. CONFEDERATIONS

  11. List of Confederations- Today • European Union and OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) • In the past: Confederate States of America- only joined together to fight against the North

  12. FEDERAL/FEDERATION • Have a strong national government that shares power with smaller state governments.(not equally shared) • The United States has a federal form of government. • Power is divided among the federal gov’t and states.

  13. Federation / Federal Ways Government Distributes Power state state Central Authority state state

  14. FEDERAL/FEDERATION

  15. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENTS

  16. List of countries with Federal Governments (24) BELGIUM GERMANY RUSSIA UNITED STATES

  17. Questions—Power and how it is distributed? • In this type of government the national government has all the power. • In this form of government power is shared with smaller governments (provinces/states). • In this form of government the power is in the smaller state governments or provinces. • This type of government is where you would most likely see a dictatorship. • In this type of government most of the power is in the hands of the national government, but some power is reserved for the states.

  18. Questions—Power and how it is distributed? • In this type of government the national government has all the power. Unitary • In this form of government power is shared with smaller governments (provinces/states). Federal • In this form of government the power is in the smaller state governments or provinces. Confederation • This type of government is where you would most likely see a dictatorship. Unitary • In this type of government most of the power is in the hands of the national government, but some power is reserved for the states. Federal

  19. All key powers are held by the central government State/Regional governments hold most of the power. Unitary Confederation Federation Strong Central Government Weak Central Government

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