Beginnings of Government
This is the theory of government that says one person or group claimed control over land and people were forced to submit.
What is force theory?
In this type of government political authority rests with the people and conducted only at the consent of the people.
What is Democracy?
This is a government in which the power to rule is held by a small usually self-appointed elite.
What is Oligarchy?
A french writer who wrote about Freedom of Speech, Religious toleration, and Separation of Church & State.
Who is Voltaire?
This is the Evolutionary Theory.
What is the theory were a primitive family where one person was the head of the tribe and over time evolved in a clan government?
This is a Direct Democracy.
What is a pure democracy where public law in mass meetings that only works in small communities?
This is Unitary Government.
What is a Centralized Government where all powers held by a central agency that controls gov't creates local units?
God created the state and gave those of royal birth "divine right" to rule.
What is Divine Right Theory?
This is a representative democracy were a small group is chosen by people to act as representatives to express the popular will
What is Indirect Democracy?
This is Power divided between central government and local governments and Central/Local governments have to agree to make changes.
What is a Federal Government?
This is Social Contract Theory?
What is the theory that humans created government created because they were tired of rulers taking what they wanted?
This is a Dictatorship.
What is an Absolute and unchallengeable authorit over people and rulers held no responsibility to the will of the people?
This type of government is an Alliance of Independent states with a Central organization only handles those matters that member states assign to it.
What is a Confederation?
This is the amount of beginning political theories we have covered.
What are 4 political theories?
A government in which a single person holds unlimited political power.
What is an Autocracy?
This is a Presidential Government.
What is a type of government with Executive and Legislative separate and independent, President is chosen independent of legislature, and President holds office for a fixed term?