Political Systems

Political Systems
May 18, 2012
The American Form of Government
Do you know that the word DEMOCRACY does not appear even once in The United States Constitution? See the short film below on Americans Political system...
Glossary of definitions: despotism - a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) tyranny - the government or rule of a single person (dictator) or absolute ruler. spectrum - a broad range of varied but related ideas or objects, the individual features of which tend to overlap so as to form a continuous series or sequence federalist papers - a series of 85 articles advocating the approval of the United States constitution (1780's). oligarchy - a form of government where political power effectively rests with a small elite segment of society distinguished by royalty, wealth, family, military powers, etc. The word "oligarchy" is from the Greek words for "few" and "rule". .