DESIRED LEARNING

COMPETENCIES

Students must be able to:

 1. Describe various forms of government and
their characteristics.
 GOVERNMENT

1. What is government?
2. What types of government
are there?
 GOVERNMENT

Types of Governments

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 GOVERNMENT

1. What is government?
 GOVERNMENT

1. What is government?

Government is an organization
people set up to protect the
community and make rules

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GOVERNMENT

 It is the agency and the machinery of the State

through which the will of the people is
formulated, expressed and carried out.
 It is the totality of authorities which rule a society
by prescribing and carrying out fundamental
rules which regulate the freedom of its members.
KINDS OF GOVERNMENT
DeJure or Legitimate De facto or Illegitimate
Government Government
 it is established  It is one that maintains
according to the itself by a display of force
constitution of the against the will or the
nation,and lawfully righful legal government
entitled to recognition and is successful, at least
and supremacy and temporarily, in overturning
administration of the the institutions of the right
nation, but which is legal government by
actually cut off from setting its own in lieu
power or control. thereof.
3 Kinds of de facto government

1. Government by Revolution-
2. Government by Session
3. Government by Occupation
How to determine the Status of the Government?
TEST TO DETERMINE THE STATUS
OF GOVERNMENT

 it only arises when one government is in

possession of power while another government
is not.
 if the ousted or displaced government is
established in accordance with the constitution it
will be treated as de jure government.
 on the other hand, the government, which
grabbed the power of the legitimate government
will be designated as de facto.
IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

 The status of government does not depend

whether it is established constitutionally but
rather on the recognition that the community of
nation may extend to it.
ISSUE:

 Immediately after the EDSA Revolution I. the

community of nations recognized the
government under Aquino as De Jure
government despite the fact that it was
established in defiance of the 1973 Constitution.
STIMSON DOCTRINE VS TOBAR or
WILSON DOCTRINE

 Under the Stimson Doctrine, no state shall

recognize a government established by the
occupying forces int he territory of a subjugated
state. Thus, the international community may not
extend recognition to de facto government by
occupation applying the Stimson Doctrine.
STIMSON DOCTRINE VS TOBAR
or WILSON PRINCIPLE

 Under the "Tobar or Wilson principle",

recognition shall not be extended to any
government established by revolution, civil war,
coup d' etat or other forms of internal violence
until the freely elected representatives of the
people have organized a constitutional
government.
ISSUE:

 Immediately after the EDSA Revolution I. the

community of nations recognized the
government under Aquino as De Jure
government despite the fact that it was
established in defiance of the 1973 Constitution.
 The international community did not apply the
"TOBAR OR WILSON PRINCIPLE" when it
extended recognition to the revolutionary
government under Pres. Aquino after EDSA 1.
 WHO IS IS THE CHIEF ARCHITECT OF
FOREIGN RELATIONS?
 The President
 GOVERNMENT

2. What does a government do?

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 GOVERNMENT

2. What does a government do?

 Protects the community
 Makes laws
 Keeps order

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 GOVERNMENT

3. Why do people need government?

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 GOVERNMENT

3. Why do people need government?

 For protection of people and

property
 Making rules
 Enforcing laws

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 GOVERNMENT

4. What types of government

are there?

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 GOVERNMENT

4. What types of government

are there?
Four common types are:
 Monarchy
 Dictatorship
 Democracy
 Theocracy
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 Democracy

 In a democracy, the government is elected

by the people. Everyone who is eligible to
vote has a chance to have their say over
who runs the country. It is distinct from
governments controlled by a particular
social class or group

 A democracy is determined either directly

or through elected representatives.

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 Direct Democracy

 People vote directly on every issue

 Only practical in a small community

 Representative Democracy

 People are represented by elected officials

 Used in large countries

 Also known as a Republic government

Monarchy

 Power is in the hands of a king,

queen, emperor or empress.
 The ruling position can be
passed on to the ruler’s heirs.
 In some traditional monarchies,
the monarch has absolute power.
 But a constitutional monarchy,
like the UK, also has a
democratic government that
limits the monarch's control.
Dictatorship

 A country ruled by a single

leader. The leader has not
been elected and may use
force to keep control.

 In a military dictatorship, the

army is in control.
 Theocracy

 Governmental rulers are identical with the

leaders of the dominant religion
 Governmental policies are either identical with or
strongly influenced by the principals of the
majority religion.
 Government claims to rule on behalf of God or a
higher power
 1. NAME THAT GOVERNMENT:

The pharaoh was an absolute ruler. He commanded the

army and controlled irrigation and grain supplies. People
in this society considered the pharaoh to be a god.
 2. NAME THAT GOVERNMENT

 In the first century AD, the Greeks

recognized three types of government:
monarchy, aristocracy, and anarchy. The
Jews at the time did not fit into any of these
categories as they believed only God and
his laws were sovereign.

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3. NAME THAT GOVERNMENT:

In 450 B.C. this civilization assembled and all citizens voted

on laws. A council of 500 prepared business for the
assembly.
 4. NAME THAT GOVERNMENT:

The Nazi Party took over every aspect of this country’s social,
economic & political life. Hitler quickly secured his power by
burning down a legislative building and used the incident to
obtain emergency powers, becoming an absolute ruler.

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5. NAME THAT GOVERNMENT:

In this country some people are elected to make laws and

some people are appointed officials.

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 1. NAME THAT GOVERNMENT:

The pharaoh was an absolute ruler. He commanded the

army and controlled irrigation and grain supplies. People
in this society considered the pharaoh to be a god.

Monarchy

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 2. NAME THAT GOVERNMENT

 In the first century AD, the Greeks

recognized three types of government:
monarchy, aristocracy, and anarchy. The
Jews at the time did not fit into any of these
categories as they believed only God and
his laws were sovereign.

Theocracy

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3. NAME THAT GOVERNMENT:

In 450 B.C. this civilization assembled and all citizens voted

on laws. A council of 500 prepared business for the
assembly.

Direct
Democracy
 4. NAME THAT GOVERNMENT:

The Nazi Party took over every aspect of this country’s social,
economic & political life. Hitler quickly secured his power by
burning down a legislative building and used the incident to
obtain emergency powers, becoming an absolute ruler.

Dictatorship

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5. NAME THAT GOVERNMENT:

In this country some people are elected to make laws and

some people are appointed officials.

Representative
Democracy

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ASSIGNMENT

Writing Assignment A
Name: ___________________
On the lines below, select a country and write
what type of government is in that country, and
what you like about the type of government.
Write about ruler, do they have a president, king,
dictator?
ASSIGNMENT

On the lines below, describe what government

you think would be the perfect government.
Would a perfect government to you be a
government that protects the rights of its people,
and is limited to a certain role by law? Or would
a perfect government be one where everything
is equal, where everyone earns the exact same
income no matter the job. Again, describe what
government you think would be the perfect
government.