TYPES OF GOVERNMENT

A government is a set of legal institutions, practices, & processes that determine how a state functions.

Authoritarian government imposes the state's authority upon many aspects of its citizen's lives. Power is concentrated in the hands of one leader or small elite.
Totalitarian government extends absolute control over individual attitudes and beliefs, often mobilizing its population towards one party's national aim.
Socialism is based on public ownership of economic resources and property to ensure wealth and equality. In theory, the economic system is managed by the community.
Communism is similar, but a central, controlling government provides citizens with basic necessities.
A monarchy is ruled by one person called a monarch, who usually holds her or his lifetime position by divine right (the belief that a ruler has been selected by God) or hereditary succession (inheritance of a title along family bloodlines), Monarchies range from absolute monarchies, in which the ruler has absolute authority, unrestricted by laws or other forms of government, or constitutional monarchies, in which a nonelected authority functions within the limits of a constitution or founding legal document of a government.
In an oligarchy, the power resides in a few, self-interested elites.
A democracy, in theory, is government by the people People elect representatives in democratic governments, but democracy can take different forms based on the Structures of power.

Types of Democracies

Parliamentary democracy- the system in which the elected legislators (lawmakers) appoint a person to be chief of government (e.g. United Kingdom)
Presidential democracy - a system in which the people elect a president to be the chief of government and head of state (e.g. United States)
Direct democracy - a system in which the people decide on laws and decisions, as opposed to electing representatives to decide for them (e.g. Ancient Athens)

Representative democracy. system in which people elect representatives. to make decisions and create policies(e.g. United Kingdom & United States)

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