chapter one - principles of government

Autocracy

A single person holds unlimited political power

Oligarchy

A government which the power to rule is held by a small; usually self appointed elite

Unitary

All power held by a single, central agency

Confederate

An alliance of independent states

Parliamentary

Votes elect the legislature. The chief executive is drawn from the legislature

⭐️Representative democracy

government with the consent of the governored

⭐️ Federal

Is one in which the powers of the government are divided between a central government and several local governments

⭐️ Presidential

The legislature and executive are independent and coequal

Legislative power

Make laws

Executive power

Carry out laws

Judicial power

Interpret laws

Population

A state must have people, the number of which does not directly relate to its existence

Territory

A state must be comprised of land-territory with known and recognized boundaries

Sovereignty

Every state is sovereignty, it has supreme and absolute power within its own territory and decides its own forgein and domestic policies

Government

Every state has a government that is, it is politically organized