briefly describe the different types of democracy in the world
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briefly describe the different types of government in the world
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Historically prevalent forms of government include monarchy, aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, theocracy and tyranny. The main aspect of any philosophy of government is how political power is obtained, with the two main forms being electoral contest and hereditary succession
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state, but also other entities, for example, a company.
World's states coloured by form of government1
Full presidential republics2 Semi-presidential republics2
Republics with an executive president elected by or nominated by the legislature that may or may not be subject to parliamentary confidence. Parliamentary republics2
Parliamentary constitutional monarchies Constitutional monarchies which have a separate head of government but where royalty still hold significant executive and/or legislative power
Absolute monarchies One-party states
Countries where constitutional provisions for government have been suspended (e.g. military dictatorships) Countries which do not fit any of the above systems
1This map was compiled according to the Wikipedia list of countries by system of government. See there for sources. 2Several states constitutionally deemed to be multiparty republics are broadly described by outsiders as authoritarian states. This map presents only the de jure form of government, and not the de facto degree of democracy.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy. Each government has a kind of constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy. Typically the philosophy chosen is some balance between the principle of individual freedom and the idea of absolute state authority (tyranny).