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What is government?

What is government?. Brainstorm. Jot down with a partner….. What type of rights do all people have? . Why do we have government?. What is your view of human nature? Are we good, evil, in between or something else? What is government? What type of government is best? . Hobbes vs. Locke.

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What is government?

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  1. What is government?

  2. Brainstorm Jot down with a partner….. • What type of rights do all people have?

  3. Why do we have government? • What is your view of human nature? Are we good, evil, in between or something else? • What is government? • What type of government is best?

  4. Hobbes vs. Locke • Each had a view of.. • Human Nature: Good or Bad? • “State of Nature”: People exist without government • Natural Rights: Rights all people have • Social Contract: People give up a bit of freedom, so everyone is protected! • Absolutism or Democracy: Which type of ruler is best • WHO YA GOT? • Time TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST!

  5. What are the different types of government? • If you were to make a country, what type of government would you want?

  6. Forms of Government When people decide to form the social contracts that we call governments, they make many different decisions about how their government will look. President or King? Rule by few or rule by all? Hold elections? Where do the rulers get their power?

  7. Democracy Any form of government in which political power is exercised by all citizens, either directly or through their elected representatives. There are two kinds of Democracies… Direct! Representative!

  8. Direct Democracy • All citizens participate in government. • There are no representatives in government: The citizens vote on everything! • All citizens can create public policy if they want to. • Example: In ancient Athens, Greece, they held assemblies where citizens voted to pass laws.

  9. Representative Democracy • Like direct democracy, all citizens participate in government • People elect representatives who vote on laws for the citizens • Representatives answer to the people through regular elections • Representatives are also usually held accountable by a constitution

  10. AUTOCRACY • GOVERNMENT WHERE ONE PERSON HAS ALL POWER! • Their decisions are not subject to legal restraints or mechanisms of popular control • Only way to make change is to rebel or stage a coup • Two main types……

  11. Monarchy • Rule by kings, queens, princes, and princesses… sometimes by other names, but always MONARCHS! • Leaders usually gain their power because their parents were rulers too. • Some modern monarchies like Spain and Japan have constitutions.

  12. http://www.parade.com/dictators/index.html

  13. Dictatorship/Authoritarian • In a dictatorship, power is not inherited, but is acquired by force (military or political) • Dictators have absolute control over the lives of their citizens and usually people are not allowed to voice their negative opinions • North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Il is considered a dictator

  14. Oligarchy • “Rule by few” • Power can be based on several things: • Military strength = Military Junta • Family power = Aristocracy • Religious control = Theocratic Oligarchy • Oligarchies can often come from or lead to other forms of government (like autocracies)

  15. Theocracy • “Theo” means “god” in Greek… so if a government is THEO-cratic that means it is ruled by… That’s right! A god or higher power! • Leaders (autocraticor oligarchic) are usually religious leaders and society uses religious law to settle its disputes • Example: The Islamic Republic of Iran is a modern theocracy that uses the holy Islamic book, The Qur’an, as its guide.

  16. Anarchy • No government at all… WAIT! Then who makes and enforces laws?

  17. Anarchy • No government at all… • In an anarchy there is no government to make or enforce laws. What do you think that would be like?

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