Government & Politics In the beginning… The Primary Functions of Government …… Or so the man...
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Government & Politics In the beginning…
Government & Politics In the beginning… The Primary Functions of Government …… Or so the man tells you! 1. Maintaining Internal Order and External Security
Slide 2 Government & Politics In the beginning Slide 3 The
Primary Functions of Government Or so the man tells you! 1.
Maintaining Internal Order and External Security 2. Ensuring
Justice 3. Safeguarding Individual Freedoms 4. Regulating
Individuals actions 5. Promoting the General Welfare Slide 4 Forms
of Government. All governments fall under one of the following.
Power is held in a single, central agency This does NOT necessarily
mean dictatorship Slide 5 Power is divided between a central
government and several local governments. State Government vs.
National Government Slide 6 3. Confederate Government The central
government has limited power with the most important authority
reserved for member states Not very effective Former Russian
Confederation & Articles of Confederation Slide 7 Types of
Government .are you ready? Here they come!!!!! Slide 8 Adolph
Hitler Benito Mussolini Power is seized and kept by force to be
ruled by one. Most common form of government in history. Can you
think of some PRESENT- day dictatorships? Slide 9 Junta: Junta:
Group of Generals Lead Pinochet ruled Chile after a military coup
in 1973 Slide 10 -Rules with personal preferences (arbitrarily).
-Centralized control of all aspects of life. Slide 11 Louis XIV
Power to rule is generally passed down from the king to his eldest
son (or if there is no son, to the queen or the eldest daughter).
To which theory regarding the origins of the state is this form of
government related? Slide 12 A class of persons holding exceptional
rank and privileges, esp. the hereditary nobility. Government or
state ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class.
Slide 13 Constitution of a country in which God is regarded as the
sole sovereign and the laws are seen as divine commands. Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini Religious laws are the laws of the government
Slide 14 Government by the people exercised either directly or
through elected representatives. Slide 15 David Cameron: British
Prime Minister Both the executive and legislative branches are
combined.
