Who governs the people ?

What is citizen participation?

REGIME

What is the Regime?

Set of conditions

Political nature

Three Types of Regimes

Monarchy

Oligarchy

Democracy

Monarchy

The supreme power is in the hands of a monarch ( king, queen, prince, etc. ).

The power is inherited or passed down from family members and the monarch is usually in power for life.

Example

Kingdom of Saudi

Arabia

ExampleConstitutional Monarchy

A monarchy acts as a head of state

Council with king

Limitation with constitutional

Constitutional Monarchy

Democracy

The people govern by voting

Rule by the people

Democracy

Two Methods of Democracy

Direct Democrac

yRepresentat

ive Democracy

ExampleUnited State of

America

Oligarchy

A form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique ; government by the few

A state or organization so ruled

The persons or class so ruling

Oligarchy

Example

Algeria

Iraq Syria

Conclusion

The political regime is set of forms and methods of political power.

There are over 200 countries in the world-each has their own government.

Governments manage themselves based on own orders.

Questions

A or B

1-) In Which regimes the government is ruled by a king or queen?

A-) Monarchy B-) Oligarchy

• A-) Monarchy

A or B

2-) In which democracy, citizens elect others to serve for them in government

A-) Direct B-) Representative

• B-) Representative

A or B

3-) In which regime, do citizens vote to elect their leaders?

A-) Democracy B-)Monarchy

• A-) Democracy

True or False

Power belongs to people in countries ruled by Oligarchy

• FALSE