Parliamentary VS Presidential

Two Types of Democracies

Parliamentary Democracies

Citizens vote for representatives in the legislature. The representatives in the legislature then vote from among themselves a leader.

Presidential Democracies

Citizens vote for representatives in the legislature AND for a leader of the country.

The citizens vote in BOTH

types of democracies.

UnitaryA Type of government that has one national government that makes the laws for the whole country. There may be local governments, but they only enforce the laws

FederalA Type of government that has one national government and multiple governments. BOTH make and enforce laws.

ConfederationA collection of countries, like a club, that untie together to

make laws, decisions and to solve problems. Two types: governmental (Ex: UN) and economic (EU)

National Government

National Government

Local Gov’t Local

Gov’t

Local Gov’t

Local Gov’t Local

Gov’t

Local Gov’t

Ex: UN, EU, AU, ECOWAS, OPEC

US

GB

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Japan

India

How Is Power

Divided?

If you are in this “club” then you follow the rules and decisions of “the club.”

Do the Citizens Vote?

No = Autocracy

(Dictator, Theocracy, Monarchy)

Yes = Democracy

(Republic, sometimes

Constitutional Monarchy)

Sometimes (only if you are part of the group!) = Oligarchy

Communism and Military Junta