Government

The rule book for a country's government.

• Rule of Law
• Constitution
• Separation of Power
• The handbook

Means laws are fair, they're enforced, and nobody is above the law.

• Constitution
• Separation of power
• Courts
• Rule of Law

Dividing power among several branches of government 

• Separation of Power
• Rights of the Minority
• Rule of Law
• Consent of the governed

Means that the citizens give their permission to be governed.

• Checks and Balances
• Rule of Law
• Consent of the governed
• Majority Rights

Means protecting the rights of unpopular groups regardless of beliefs of the citizens or government.

• Majority Rules
• Minority Rights
• Legitimacy
• Procedural Fairness

All citizens have a chance to participate. The people directly control the laws.

• Representative Democracy
• Monarchy
• Direct Democracy
• Dictatorship

Type of government where people elect leaders who then write and vote on the laws for their society.

• Dictatorship
• Representative Democracy
• Absolute Monarchy
• Oligarchy

A type of government where a king or queen has all the power and the crown is passed down to their children

• Absolute Dictatorship
• Dictatorship
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Absolute Monarchy

Type of government where there is a king or queen but also a Parliament that citizens elect. 

• Dictatorship
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Representative Democracy
• Absolute Monarchy

A form of government where a few people have control

• Oligarchy
• Monarchy
• Autocracy
• Lotocracy