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NON-DEMOCRATIC FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
1. Types of Non-Democratic Forms Os Government :
Tyranny
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Totalitarianism
Authoritarian rule
Theocracy
2. Features :
A. Allows a small area of privacy or allows no privacy at all
B. Allow no parties or only one party
C. May be either military or civilian
D. May be either religious or non-religious (secular)
Tyranny:
Tyranny is a government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly.
Example: In the Middle East you may find Egyptian ex president Hosni Mubarakh was a tyrant. He chose to follow his Interests over his people`s interests which led the Egyptian people to rise against him.
Despotism:
The word despotism means to "rule in the fashion of a despot”. Despotism is a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power. That entity may be an individual, as in an autocracy, or it may be a group, as in an oligarchy.
In its classical form, despotism is a state where a single individual (the despot) wields all the power and authority embodying the state, and everyone else is a subsidiary person. This form of despotism was common in the first forms of statehood and civilization. The Pharaoh of Egypt is exemplary of the classical despot.
Monarchy:
A monarchy is a form of government in which the office of head of state is usually held until death or abdication, is most often hereditary, and usually accords official pre-eminence to members of the reigning dynasty. The monarch often bears the title king or queen. However, emperor/empress, grand duke/grand duchess, prince/princess and other terms are or have been used to designate monarchs. Although the word monarch derives from the term 'single ruler', traditionally heads of state bearing the title president or premier are not officially considered monarchs
Currently, 44 sovereign nations in the world have monarchs acting as heads of state, 16 of which are Commonwealth realms that recognize Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state.
Dictatorship:
A dictatorship is defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator. A dictatorship is a form of government that has the power to govern without consent of those being governed (similar to authoritarianism), while totalitarianism describes a state that regulates nearly every aspect of public and private behavior of the people. In other words, dictatorship concerns the source of the governing power (where the power comes from) and totalitarianism concerns the scope of the governing power (what is the government).
Examples: Adolf Hitler, from 1933 to 1945 dictator of Germany.
Benito Mussolini, from 1925 to 1943 dictator of Italy.
In Belarus, the President Alexander Lukashenko violated human rights during his rule over the country, as well as arrested opposition members. Belarus has been called “the last true remaining dictatorship in the heart of Europe” by the former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Totalitarianism:
Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible. Totalitarian regimes stay in political power through an all-encompassing propaganda campaign, which is disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that is often marked by political repression, personality cultism, and control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror.
Totalitarianism seeks to mobilize entire populations in support of an official state ideology, and is intolerant of activities which are not directed towards the goals of the state, entailing repression or state control of business, labour unions, churches or political parties.
Typically a single leader, with strong values and ideals, leads the totalitarian regime, To create a state with extremely limited freedoms and maximum conformity. Totalitarianism is a term widely used in regard to many regimes that are considered exceptionally harsh and violent towards their subject. However, only North Korea is widely recognized as a proper totalitarian state.
Absolute Monarchy:
Absolute monarchy is a monarchical form of government in which the monarch exercises ultimate governing authority as head of state and head of government, his or her powers are not limited by a constitution or by the law. An absolute monarch wields unrestricted political power over the sovereign state and its people. In an absolute monarchy, the transmission of power is twofold; hereditary and marital.
One of the best examples of an absolute monarch was Louis XIV of France.
Theocracy:
Theocracy is a hypothetical form of government in which the official policy is to be governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided, or simply pursuant to the doctrine of a particular religious sect or religion. The meaning of the word in Greek is "rule by god(s)" or human incarnation(s) of god(s). For example, a prophet like Moses led the Israelites, and the prophet Muhammad ruled the early Muslims.
1. Types of Non-Democratic Forms Os Government :
Tyranny
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Totalitarianism
Authoritarian rule
Theocracy
2. Features :
A. Allows a small area of privacy or allows no privacy at all
B. Allow no parties or only one party
C. May be either military or civilian
D. May be either religious or non-religious (secular)
Tyranny:
Tyranny is a government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly.
Example: In the Middle East you may find Egyptian ex president Hosni Mubarakh was a tyrant. He chose to follow his Interests over his people`s interests which led the Egyptian people to rise against him.
Despotism:
The word despotism means to "rule in the fashion of a despot”. Despotism is a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power. That entity may be an individual, as in an autocracy, or it may be a group, as in an oligarchy.
In its classical form, despotism is a state where a single individual (the despot) wields all the power and authority embodying the state, and everyone else is a subsidiary person. This form of despotism was common in the first forms of statehood and civilization. The Pharaoh of Egypt is exemplary of the classical despot.
Monarchy:
A monarchy is a form of government in which the office of head of state is usually held until death or abdication, is most often hereditary, and usually accords official pre-eminence to members of the reigning dynasty. The monarch often bears the title king or queen. However, emperor/empress, grand duke/grand duchess, prince/princess and other terms are or have been used to designate monarchs. Although the word monarch derives from the term 'single ruler', traditionally heads of state bearing the title president or premier are not officially considered monarchs
Currently, 44 sovereign nations in the world have monarchs acting as heads of state, 16 of which are Commonwealth realms that recognize Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state.
Dictatorship:
A dictatorship is defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator. A dictatorship is a form of government that has the power to govern without consent of those being governed (similar to authoritarianism), while totalitarianism describes a state that regulates nearly every aspect of public and private behavior of the people. In other words, dictatorship concerns the source of the governing power (where the power comes from) and totalitarianism concerns the scope of the governing power (what is the government).
Examples: Adolf Hitler, from 1933 to 1945 dictator of Germany.
Benito Mussolini, from 1925 to 1943 dictator of Italy.
In Belarus, the President Alexander Lukashenko violated human rights during his rule over the country, as well as arrested opposition members. Belarus has been called “the last true remaining dictatorship in the heart of Europe” by the former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Totalitarianism:
Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible. Totalitarian regimes stay in political power through an all-encompassing propaganda campaign, which is disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that is often marked by political repression, personality cultism, and control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror.
Totalitarianism seeks to mobilize entire populations in support of an official state ideology, and is intolerant of activities which are not directed towards the goals of the state, entailing repression or state control of business, labour unions, churches or political parties.
Typically a single leader, with strong values and ideals, leads the totalitarian regime, To create a state with extremely limited freedoms and maximum conformity. Totalitarianism is a term widely used in regard to many regimes that are considered exceptionally harsh and violent towards their subject. However, only North Korea is widely recognized as a proper totalitarian state.
Absolute Monarchy:
Absolute monarchy is a monarchical form of government in which the monarch exercises ultimate governing authority as head of state and head of government, his or her powers are not limited by a constitution or by the law. An absolute monarch wields unrestricted political power over the sovereign state and its people. In an absolute monarchy, the transmission of power is twofold; hereditary and marital.
One of the best examples of an absolute monarch was Louis XIV of France.
Theocracy:
Theocracy is a hypothetical form of government in which the official policy is to be governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided, or simply pursuant to the doctrine of a particular religious sect or religion. The meaning of the word in Greek is "rule by god(s)" or human incarnation(s) of god(s). For example, a prophet like Moses led the Israelites, and the prophet Muhammad ruled the early Muslims.