Social 10-1

Mr. Bauer

The following are prerequisites of democracy:

1.1. The people must have the ability and The people must have the ability and power to remove and replace their power to remove and replace their

leaders. This means:leaders. This means: Elections must be held at frequent and

guaranteed intervals. There is a choice among different parties

and candidates.

Elections are free from fraud, bribery, and intimidation. Use of secret ballot.

There is universal suffrage. The greater the franchise, the greater the degree of democracy.

Democratic procedures exist for changes in leadership.

There is freedom of association. Those who want to form a new party must be allowed to organize one.

2. Formal equality before the law.2. Formal equality before the law.

3. To ensure equality, judges must be free 3. To ensure equality, judges must be free from political or other control.from political or other control.

4. Civil liberties such as freedom of 4. Civil liberties such as freedom of speech, freedom of the media, speech, freedom of the media, protection for minority groups, and protection for minority groups, and freedom from arbitrary arrest and freedom from arbitrary arrest and prosecution must be guaranteed.prosecution must be guaranteed.

All rule, and government of the people is likely to be for the people.

Protects individual liberties.

A moral, just society results.

x Tyranny of the majority.

x Inefficiency (?).

x Elite groups (lobbies).

x Apathy/Ignorance.

x Bureaucracy (civil servants have power).

The Pros:The Pros: The Cons:The Cons:

First, it must be said that to be a democracy the legislature must be accountable to the electorate.

1. Parliamentary or Constitutional 1. Parliamentary or Constitutional Monarchy.Monarchy.

-King or Queen is head of state(figurehead).

-Constitution gives effective political power to an elected parliament.

2. Republic2. Republic• Same as above, but without a monarch.

3. Presidential Democracy3. Presidential Democracy• Voters directly elect the leader of the country

4. Unitary System4. Unitary System• law making power concentrated in one central

government.• could be other levels, but the central government

could veto them.5. Federal System5. Federal System• power is divided between federal and regional

governments.

Forms of GovernmentsForms of Governments

Blue - presidential republicsYellow - semi-presidential republicsOrange - parliamentary republicsGreen - parliamentary republics, An executive presidency elected by and dependent on parliamentRed - parliamentary constitutional monarchies in which the monarch does not personally exercise powerPink - constitutional monarchies in which the monarch personally exercises powerPurple - absolute monarchiesBrown - states whose constitutions grant only a single party the right to govern