Civics encompasses various forms of government and the ways leaders exercise power. Representative democracy is a government system where elected officials make decisions on behalf of citizens.
Central government for general purposes
and server ate local governments for local purposes
Leader styles
Laissez-faire = Leaves task of making
Decisions for the group, refuse to accept leadership
Democratic = Sharing ideas and respecting opinions,
votes, opinions of others and rights of individual to disagree
Authoritarian = Boss who rules absolutely, decisions made fast, firm,
Responsibilities in candada
Protecting and enjoying our
heritage and envoirmentt
Helping others in
the community
Voting in elections
Serving on a jury
Taking responsibility for
oneself and ones family
Obeying the law
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Democracy: People have the authority to deliberate
and vote for the leader, allows citizens to decide how
their country or community will be run
Disadvantage:
- Slow decision-making process
- lack of accountability
- lack of political education
- manipulation or control of public opinion
Advantages:
- Improve =ity of decision making
- citizens have = electing weight
- government held accountable
- better quality of life
Communism: Advocates absence of social classes,
common ownership of resources and production.
- China
- Cuba
- Vietnam
- Laos
- North Korea
Disadvantages:
- Restriction of human rights
- bad economic performance
- restricts cultures inequality
- limited consumer choices
Advantages::
- everyone is equal
- no competition
- everyone has job
- stable economic system
Autocracy: System of absolute power of a country is given to one ruler (autocrat)
- Soviet Union, ruled by Joseph Stalin
- Japan, ruled by Adolf Hitler
- Germany, ruled by Hirohito
- Russia, ruled by Vladimir Putin
- Italy, China, Cuba, Venezuela
Disadvantages:
- Discourages feedback
- greedy leader can abuse power
- instills fear in people
- large amount of stress on leader
Benefits:
- Decisions made quickly
- Clear chain of command
- Productive
- Defined visions
Oligarchy: A government where all the power is
in a small group of people
Examples: Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Iran,
North Korea, Venezuela, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, Turkey
Disadvantages:∫
- Concerns of the lower classes will be ignored
- rich will benefit more than the poor-
the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
- same as dictatorship
Advantages:
- decisions can be made quickly
- may have expert leadership, avoids
danger of one person rule
- most educated members of society
- members listen to each other, work tg
- stable, organized
Plutocracy: a country or society
ruled by the very wealthy
Theocracy: ruled. By religious leaders who
make the country’s laws the same as their religion
Usually rich and in the same family
All forms of governments have:
Have a justice system
Fund the military
Make laws and collect taxes
Have a leader
Provincial Government
Federal Government
Criminal law
Marriage and divorce
Banking system
Postal service
Aboriginal affairs
International trade
Foreign diplomacy
National defense
Representative democracy
Constituents are
Form of government in which politicians (representatives r selected thru electrons to make policy and pass laws on behalf of citizens