Apart from democracy what other forms of governments are there?
Graphic of people in Parliament
Parliamentary Education Office (peo.gov.au)
Graphic of people in Parliament
Parliamentary Education Office (peo.gov.au)
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A graphic representing all the different types of people who are members of the Australian Parliament.
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Other forms of government include:
- monarchy – where a monarch is the head of state and supreme ruler
- dictatorship – rule by one person with supreme authority
- oligarchy – where a country is governed by a few people
- theocracy – where a country is governed according to religious rules, usually by ordained members of that religion (clergy)
- one-party rule – where a country is governed by only one political party and other political parties are not allowed.
Democracy is when people have a say in the governing of their country, for example by electing people to represent them in a parliament. Australia is a representative democracy. This is a system in which the people vote for delegates to represent their interests in a parliament. In Australia, members of parliament are elected to the Senate and the House of Representatives to represent the Australian people and make laws on their behalf.
Other types of representative democracies include:
- parliamentary republic (India, Poland)
- federal republic (Argentina, Brazil, Germany)
- democratic republic (United States of America, Indonesia).