Types of Governments- Democracy, Monarchy, Republic, Aristocracy, Dictator, Totalitarian & Oligarchy
We all know that India is a democratic country. But there are many other countries that do not follow democracy. Let’s look at a few government types.
Democracy
In a democracy, a country’s people are involved in choosing its leader or head. The people are involved in the process of forming a government. They have the free will and right to vote for a party to come into power. The right to vote is not determined by wealth or class or race. In a democracy, there are different parties that have a manifesto or an idea about how a country should be governed. A democratic government is formed when a majority of people support a certain party as the ruling party or power.
Autocracy
An autocracy is a form of government where the supreme power or rule is in the hand of one individual or entity. People or external authorities have no say in the decisions of this individual or entity. Autocracy includes absolute monarchy where a family or a group of families, also known as royalty, rule a country. The post of the monarch is inherited in an absolute monarchy. In this system, the monarch’s power is not restricted by any laws or legislation. Some examples of absolute monarchy are Saudi Arabia, Brunei, and Oman.
Now autocracy also includes dictatorship. And there are two types of dictatorship—civilian dictatorship and military dictatorship. Civilian dictatorship is when absolute power is in the hands of a single civilian. This civilian can be an elected person, a monarch, or a dictator. Example of dictators includes the famous Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong.
An oligarchy is a form of government where power or authority is in the hands of a small class of privileged people or people who have similar or shared interests. An oligarchy is different from a democracy in the sense that very few people have the choice to vote or change anything. And it is different from a monarchy in the sense that power is in the hands of a few people and not a king.
Parliamentary democracy,
Monarchy,
Absolute monarchy,
Constitutional monarchy,
Republic,
Democratic Republic,
Presidential Republic,
Semi Presidential Republic,
Parliamentary republic,
Totalitarianism,
Fascism,
Dictatorship,
Communism,
Oligarchy,
Anarchy,