Citizen Participation

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In this type of government, political and governmental power is held by the citizens of the country, who choose who among themselves will lead them

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Democracy

Front

In an autocracy, who makes most of the important governmental decisions?

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an individual ruler

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How are the roles of citizens different in modern autocracies and democracies?

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Citizens choose the government's leaders in democracies, but have no role in choosing leaders in autocracies.

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Why do individual voters have more power in a democracy than in an autocracy or an oligarchy?

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The people play a role in deciding who rules.

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Government in which one person possesses unlimited power and the citizen has little, if any, role in the government.

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Autocracy