Comparative government

Federal system

State has a federal governments and smaller, more local governments

Examples: Mexico and Nigeria

Authoritarian regime

Highly centralized power maintained by political repression

Examples: Russia, China, Iran

Oligarchs

Russia’s elites

Democratic regime

System of government in which state power is vested in the people

Examples: UK

Unitary system

A single central government that has total power over political subdivisions

Fang shou cycle

Chinese for opening and closing

Rule by law

The government is exempt from the law

Rule of law

The people and the government are subject to the law

Oil

Nigeria, Mexico and Iran’s main export

Devolution

When the central government gives out power with the condition that it can be taken back

Parliamentary system

Contains a parliament where the legislative and executive branches are fused together

Charismatic legitimacy

The belief that the government has the right to rule based on the charisma of the leader

Ex: Putin, Mao

Which countries contain two 6 year terms?

Russia and Mexico

Mixed presidential system

Country contains both a president and a prime minister

Ex: China and Russia

Presidential system

Has a President

Ex: Iran, Nigeria

Who makes up the legislative branch in Russia?

The Duma who are elected by a mixed system of part plurality and SMD