Citizen Participation in Government公民参与政府.ppt

Citizen Participation in Government Autocratic, Oligarchic, Democratic Unit 12 Notes Citizen Participation In each country, the people have different rights to participate in the government. In some countries, any citizen can run for office or vote in elections. In other countries, there are restrictions placed on who can run for office and who can vote. There are also countries where no citizen can vote and there are no elections. Autocratic Governments have a single ruler with unlimited power people have no ability to participate in the selection of the ruler or in the creation of laws one benefit -- decisions for a country can be made quickly however, the needs of the people may be ignored or unheard leader may make poor or selfish decisions that hurt the people Autocracies of the World Oligarchic Governments “rule by the few” country is ruled by a small group of people an advantage is that decisions can be made relatively quickly compared to an autocratic system, oligarchies have more heads to think through problems and should make better choices however, the people do not have a voice… Democratic Governments This type of government puts the power of the government in the hands of the citizens of the country. All citizens have the opportunity to be a leader, and all citizens have the opportunity to vote for leaders and laws. All citizens are involved in the decision-making process of the government, and all groups are represented. It can be slow to make decisions because all people must discuss vote on the issues. This is a “Polity Data Series Map.” It tries to measure a country’s true democracy in government. It gives scores of -10 to +10. The countries in the lightest pink have the highest democracy score, the darker the color, the lower the democracy score. Democratic Governments There are two predominate forms of democratic governments: Parliamentary Presidential Both are designed to represent and protect the rights of the people. Parliamentary Democra