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Government |
It is a system by which a state or community is controlled, and is where public policy is made. |
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Democracy |
It is a system of government by the whole population or all eligible members of a state. Iris where the people have power. |
Demos = people Kractic = power |
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Direct Democracy |
It is where the people decide/vote on policy initiatives directly. |
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Indirect Democracy and Republic |
It is a form of government where the citizens elect representatives to make public policy on their behalf. |
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Federalism |
It is where the central and sub national governments share the power (not necessarily equal), and the sub national governments get power from the constitution. |
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Confederation |
It is where the states come together under a central government, but the states have the majority of the power. |
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Unitary Government |
It is where the central government has supreme power and the sub national governments only get power from the central government, not from a constitution. (This power can be taken away by the central government.) |
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