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GOVERNMENT
ANARCHY
Anarchy is the type of
government where there is
no government at all.
ANARCHY
Advantages:
Freedom individuals
manage their own assets
without interference
Disadvantages:
EXTREME INDIVIDUALISM
THEOCRACY
The religious leaders
are also the political
leaders
The deity of the religion
is recognized as the
ultimate source of
authority
Political decisions
reflect religious dogma
(beliefs)
THEOCRACY
Advantages:
Easier to create social reforms
Easier to implement policy as
control /compliance is easier to
attain)
Disadvantages:
Intolerance is common and
minorities may lack legal status
Innovation is constrained by
dogma
Fallible humans, not the deity,
are in charge
AUTOCRACY:
DICTATORSHIP
Constitutional limitations
are ineffective and
leaders often resort to
force or fraud to gain
power and use
intimidation, terror and
suppression of civil
rights to maintain it
AUTOCRACY:
DICTATORSHIP
Advantages:
Provides organization,
control and efficiency.
Disadvantages:
AUTOCRACY:
MONARCHY
AUTOCRACY:
MONARCHY
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
CONSTITUTIONAL
MONARCHY
The queen or king acts as
head of state while the actual
ability to make and pass
legislation is held by the
elected Parliament
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRACY
Advantages:
Protects individual rights and freedoms
Promotes equality
Decisions are made from input from
multiple sources
Allows and promotes change
Disadvantages:
Coming to consensus on key issues can
be difficult and lengthy
Can lead to wasted resources (time
and money)
No guarantee that leaders are
competent
IDEOLOGIES
AN IDEOLOGY IS
Anideologyis a system of beliefs or theories reflecting
the social needs and aspirations of an individual, a
group, a class, or a culture. The ideal way of social
oarganization.
FASCISM
Rights and freedoms of the individual are negligible
It is the responsibility of people to serve the state
collective identity
CONSERVATISM
Individualism
The individual is responsible for financial needs
CLASSICAL LIBERALISM
Its all about the liberty and the individual
CLASSICAL LIBERALISM
Individualism
Society is a collection of unconnected individuals
individual freedom is a priority
Progress
New ideas lead to progress in social, cultural and economic
progress
LIBERALISM
Development of liberalism
Part way through the 19th century liberals
realized they had to appeal to a wider section
of society and working class men did not own
property
Governments can help regulate but not direct the
economy
EARLY SOCIALISM
Thomas Paine was a key figure in the
emergence of claims for the state's
responsibilities for welfare and
educational provision
SOCIALISM
Based on ideas of collectivism
Human beings are social by nature, and society
should respect this.
Economic equality
Wealth is distributed equitably among populace everyone who contributes to production is entitled
to benefit
Public ownership
Society, not individuals, should own major industries
COMMUNISM
Marx and Engels considered revolution the inevitable
result of class conflict (1848)
In theory, communism is a revolutionary approach to
achieving complete equality.
Workers would toss off the shackles of false beliefs and rise
up and overthrow the elite.
Classless society in which all members jointly share the
means and output of production.
The state controls and directs the economy and property
LIBERTARIAN VS
AUTHORITARIAN
In authoritarianism, the collective (or state) is
more important than the individual. Authority
should be obeyed by the individual.
TOTALITARIANISM
Theoretically permits no individual freedom and is
a form that seeks to control and direct all aspects
of the individuals life under the authorityof the
government.
Communism (on the left)
Fascism (on the right)