It can be traced back to as early as the fifth century B. While most use the United States as an example of a democratic government system, the United States actually has what is called a representative democracy.
The difference lies in the method of civilian participation. In a direct democracy , every citizen is given an equal say in the government. In a representative democracy , citizens elect representatives who make the law. The difference is significant when put into action. Broadly defined, a republic is a government system without a monarch.
A republic may be governed by a group of nobles, as long as there is not a single monarch. Some examples of countries with a republic government system include Argentina, Bolivia, Czech Republic and France. Monarchy In a monarchy, state power is held by a single family that inherits rule from one generation to the next.
In a monarchy, an individual from the royal family holds the position of power until they die. Today, the majority of monarchy governments have transitioned to constitutional monarchies , where the monarch is head of state but only performs ceremonial roles and does not have state power. Only a few countries still have systems where the monarch retains control; these include Brunei , Oman, Saudi Arabia and Swaziland.
Communism A communist government system is usually based on a particular ideology of communism taught by Karl Marx or Vladimir Lenin. A single party or group of people usually runs communist states. In some cases, citizens of a communist state are given certain jobs or life duties in an effort to obtain collective citizenship for the state.
Therefore, the entire country operates on the whims of that one person. A dictator may have a team of officials who advise him or her and help keep the government running, but these officials ultimately have very little control or influence. On a similar note, a dictatorship's regular citizens have no voice in most matters.
The dictator is the absolute ruler. From the outside looking in, life within a dictatorship appears akin to being in a toxic relationship or living situation. However, many people in long-running dictatorships such as North Korea and Cameroon have never experienced anything else, so living in a dictatorship is much less jarring and shocking to them.
Dictatorships seem much more extreme and unethical to people who enjoy the privilege of an outside perspective. As of , there are 52 nations with a dictator or authoritarian regime ruling the country: Three in Latin America and South America , 27 in Asia and the Middle East, and 22 in Africa.
Africa has several long-standing dictators despite the fact that the continent as a whole is quite volatile politically. In the last six years alone, at least 26 African countries have experienced transfers of power. Unfortunately, democracy is still shaky in many countries, a number of which are fighting violent religious insurrections, and the likelihood of any fallen dictator being quickly replaced by another dictator is high. There are currently 22 dictators in Africa, some worse than others.
This is thanks to an oil boom that enriched his family at the expense of the Equatorial Guinea citizens. Obiang's regime is known for state-sanctioned kidnappings, torture of prisoners, and unlawful killings.
A political rival accused Obiang of cannibalism in , but no evidence to support the claim has ever surfaced. The leaders of dictatorships are not outwardly identified as dictators when other people are addressing them.
In fact, most dictators adopt common appellations such as "President" or "Prime Minister", so they must be identified via their actions and policies rather than their title. Given the degree of censorship and control China's government leverages over its citizens, most political experts would call it a dictatorship. China's constitution calls its government a "people's democratic dictatorship. The premise of the "people's democratic dictatorship" is that the Chinese Party of China and the state represent and act on behalf of the people, but possess and may use powers against reactionary forces.
Russia is a federal semi-presidential republic and an oligarchy. President Vladimir Putin is currently serving his fourth term as President of Russia.
Despite repeated promises to leave office in when his term limit is reached , Putin spearheaded a constitutional amendment enabling him to remain in power until Whether or not Putin is a dictator is a matter of some debate. Those who believe that he is a dictator argue that he imprisons his opponents, removed freedom of speech—the press can only publish what he allows them to—and has restructured the government to give himself more and longer-lasting power.
In addition to executive authority, Putin also holds judicial and legislative power, which enables him to change the law to fit his agenda. The terms "autocrat" and "autocracy" are often used interchangeably with "dictator" and "dictatorship". This is understandable, as the terms are very similar. Just like a dictatorship, an autocracy is a government headed by a single ruler the autocrat whose decisions are not subject to legal restraints and who exercises unlimited and undisputed power.
That said, there are two important differences between dictatorships and autocracies. First is that an autocracy nearly always focuses power in a single individual person, whereas dictatorships—single-party dictatorships in particular—sometimes spread the power throughout a small group of people say, the leaders of the dictator's political party.
Secondly, while the term "dictatorship" is widely understood to include inherent abuse of power—there is arguably no such thing as a benevolent dictator—history offers several examples of autocrats who tried to do what was best for their people. While autocratic countries are not always malevolent, they often still encounter resistance from citizens who would prefer to have a greater say in the government's policy-making process.
Dictatorship Countries What is a Dictatorship? The Five Kinds of Dictatorship The type of dictatorship a country is ruled by typically comes down to the methods the dictator used to obtain power and how they go about maintaining it.
Ezrow and Erica Frantz lay out five types of dictatorships: 1.
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