Modern Democratic Governments

Indirect democracies are also known as representative democracies.

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A type of democracy in which the citizens vote for representatives to make and enforce the laws.

• dictatorship

• communist democracy

• representative democracy

• anarchy democracy

system based on the separation and sharing of powers among 3 independent and coordinating branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial.

• parliamentary democracy

• presidential democracy

• federal democracy

• dictatorship

In a presidential democracy, there is a strong and independent chief executive officer.

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In a presidential democracy, the chief executive officer is elected by the people to whom he or she is directly accountable.

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In a parliamentary democracy, the legislative branch and the executive branch are one power.

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In a parliamentary democracy, a prime minister or chancellor is usually the leader.

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In a parliamentary democracy, a president carries out the executive functions of government.

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Canada is a type of presidential democracy.

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Great Britain is a type of parliamentary democracy.

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