This document defines and describes various forms of government, including parliamentary government, communism, parliamentary monarchy, dictatorship, aristocracy, socialism, oligarchy, diarchy, republic, ergatocracy, gerontocracy, gynocracy, theocracy, totalitarian, and more. Governments described range from those where power is held by certain groups like the nobility, military, or women, to systems with separation of powers or where the people have more direct control.
Marshall Frumer, Joyce Caplan, Joan Johnston v. Cheltenham Township, Board of Commissioners of Cheltenham Township, Nicholas D. Melair, JR, 709 F.2d 874, 3rd Cir. (1983)
This document defines and describes various forms of government, including parliamentary government, communism, parliamentary monarchy, dictatorship, aristocracy, socialism, oligarchy, diarchy, republic, ergatocracy, gerontocracy, gynocracy, theocracy, totalitarian, and more. Governments described range from those where power is held by certain groups like the nobility, military, or women, to systems with separation of powers or where the people have more direct control.
This document defines and describes various forms of government, including parliamentary government, communism, parliamentary monarchy, dictatorship, aristocracy, socialism, oligarchy, diarchy, republic, ergatocracy, gerontocracy, gynocracy, theocracy, totalitarian, and more. Governments described range from those where power is held by certain groups like the nobility, military, or women, to systems with separation of powers or where the people have more direct control.
This document defines and describes various forms of government, including parliamentary government, communism, parliamentary monarchy, dictatorship, aristocracy, socialism, oligarchy, diarchy, republic, ergatocracy, gerontocracy, gynocracy, theocracy, totalitarian, and more. Governments described range from those where power is held by certain groups like the nobility, military, or women, to systems with separation of powers or where the people have more direct control.
Parliamentary Government- a Communism - a system of Parliamentary monarchy - a
government in which members government in which the state state headed by a monarch who of an executive branch are plans and controls the economy is not actively involved in law nominated to their positions by a and a single - often authoritarian making; government leadership legislature or parliament, and are - party holds power; all goods is carried out by a cabinet and its directly responsible to it; are equally shared by the people. head. Dictatorship - a form of Constitutional Monarchy – a Democracy- government in government in which a ruler or government in which a monarch which the supreme power is small clique wield absolute is guided by a constitution retained by the people, in which power. The citizens do not whereby his/her rights, duties, the people come together to possess the right to choose their and responsibilities are spelled decide on all laws and methods own leaders. out in written law or by custom. for ruling the government. Aristocracy- government by the Constitutional Democracy - a Ecclesiastical - a government nobility or upper class in which form of government in which the administrated by a church. power is derived by how much sovereign power of the people is Church leaders make decisions money and property you spelled out in a governing on laws based on the beliefs of possess. constitution. their religion. Socialism-government in which Parliamentary Democracy - a Monarchy-government in which planning, producing, and political system in which the the supreme power is lodged in distributing goods is controlled legislature selects the the hands of a monarch who by a government that seeks a just government according to party reigns over a state or territory, and equitable distribution of strength as expressed in usually for life and by family property and money. elections. right (i.e. king, queen). Oligarchy - a government in Republic - a representative Meritocracy- government by which control is exercised by a democracy in which the people's the most skilled or talented. small group of individuals elected deputies Leaders are chosen because they whose authority generally is (representatives), not the people have demonstrated that they are based on wealth or power. themselves, vote on legislation. the best at something. Diarchy- government by two Ergatocracy- government by Gerontocracy- government by people (also Triarchy,Pentarchy, the workers or working class. the aged. Only the oldest citizens Septarchy,etc.). Specific number The people in power are the ones have a say in how the of people have equal power in who do the most work in government is run because they government decisions. creating goods. have the most life experience.
Gynocracy- government by Hoplarchy- government by the Cryptarchy- government ruled
women. military. by secret rulership. Theocracy - a form of government in which a Totalitarian - a government that seeks to Deity (god) is recognized as the supreme civil subordinate the individual to the state by ruler, but the Deity's laws are interpreted by controlling not only all political and economic ecclesiastical authorities (bishops, mullahs, etc.); a matters, but also the attitudes, values, and beliefs government subject to religious authority. of its population.
Marshall Frumer, Joyce Caplan, Joan Johnston v. Cheltenham Township, Board of Commissioners of Cheltenham Township, Nicholas D. Melair, JR, 709 F.2d 874, 3rd Cir. (1983)