What is civics?

Form of government in which politicians (representatives r selected thru electrons to make policy and pass laws on behalf of citizens

Constituents are

National defense

Foreign diplomacy

International trade

Aboriginal affairs

Postal service

Banking system

Marriage and divorce

Criminal law

Provincial Government

All forms of governments have:

Have a leader

Make laws and collect taxes

Fund the military

Have a justice system

Oligarchy: A government where all the power is
in a small group of people

Usually rich and in the same family

Theocracy: ruled. By religious leaders who
make the country’s laws the same as their religion

Plutocracy: a country or society
ruled by the very wealthy

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

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

Examples: Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Iran,
North Korea, Venezuela, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, Turkey

Autocracy: System of absolute power of a country is given to one ruler (autocrat)

Benefits:
- Decisions made quickly
- Clear chain of command
- Productive
- Defined visions

Disadvantages:
- Discourages feedback
- greedy leader can abuse power
- instills fear in people
- large amount of stress on leader

- Soviet Union, ruled by Joseph Stalin
- Japan, ruled by Adolf Hitler
- Germany, ruled by Hirohito
- Russia, ruled by Vladimir Putin
- Italy, China, Cuba, Venezuela

Communism: Advocates absence of social classes,
common ownership of resources and production.

Advantages::
- everyone is equal
- no competition
- everyone has job
- stable economic system

Disadvantages:
- Restriction of human rights
- bad economic performance
- restricts cultures inequality
- limited consumer choices

- China
- Cuba
- Vietnam
- Laos
- North Korea

Democracy: People have the authority to deliberate
and vote for the leader, allows citizens to decide how
their country or community will be run

Advantages:
- Improve =ity of decision making
- citizens have = electing weight
- government held accountable
- better quality of life

Disadvantage:
- Slow decision-making process
- lack of accountability
- lack of political education
- manipulation or control of public opinion

Authoritarian = Boss who rules absolutely, decisions made fast, firm,

Democratic = Sharing ideas and respecting opinions,
votes, opinions of others and rights of individual to disagree

Laissez-faire = Leaves task of making
Decisions for the group, refuse to accept leadership

Federal State

Central government for general purposes
and server ate local governments for local purposes

Parliamentary democracy

Elect members to represent in federal parliament