Autocracy, Oligarchy, and Democracy

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Citizen Participation

The visual aid displays the types of citizen participation from the least amount of citizen participation to the greatest amount of citizen participation.

Democracy

Oligarchy

Autocracy

Autocracy

An autocracy is a form of government in which one citizen holds all government power.

Examples:Dictators, Emperors, Absolute Monarchs, Caesars, Czars

Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein

Oligarchy

An Oligarchy is a government in which a small, select group of citizens control power.

Iran is an Oligarchy in which only a select group of religious leaders and appointed officials share power.

Democracy

A democracy is a form of government in which each citizen is allowed to participate in government.

There are various types of democracies; predominantly republics, or governments where representative leaders are elected to government positions.

Presidential Democracy

Parliamentary Democracy