Forms of Government
Forms of Government
Overview
Forms of government are the means by which a state or nation is governed or ruled[^1^][1]. They can be categorized into several types based on different factors such as the source of power, regional control, power ideology, and socio-economic attributes[^1^][1].
Basic Forms of Governments
- Democratic: This includes Direct Democracy, Representative Democracy (Republic Government, Parliamentary Government), and Constitutional monarchy[^1^][1].
- Non-Democratic: This includes Authoritarian, Totalitarian, Oligarchy, Technocracy, Theocracy, Dictatorship, and Absolute monarchy[^1^][1].
Other Types
- Communist
- Colonialist
- Aristocratic
- Anarchy
- Authoritarianism
- Bureaucracy
- **Capitalism **
- Confederation
- Colonialism
- Corporatocracy
- Electocracy
- Ergatocracy
- Fascism
- Federalism
- Feudalism
- Geniocracy
- Imperialism
- Kakistocracy
- Kleptocracy
- Logocracy
- Meritocracy
- Military Dictatorship[^1^][1]