Government and Voting(Summary)
Politics is group decision.It is a comprehensive term, also include many social things like allotment of resources, voting, govern citizens.
In politics, mainly performer is government. There are 6 kinds of governments : Monarchy, Democracy, Totalitarianism, Oligarchy, Communist State, Theocracy.
Heads of Monarchy rule over citizens like medieval kings, but they have not always strong political power. It is most important feature of Monarchy.
Heads of Democracy are delegant of citizens. They are selected by citizens' voting.
These elections are really important in Democracy, by these process, statements that choose Democracy system are seeking liberty and rights about freedom.
Totalitarianism interferes in public and all of citizens. By using mass media, Totalitarianism government supervises citizens' behavior and sometimes manipulates citizens' thinking.
Oligarchy has similar feature with Monarchy, in terms of reign of authority. But Oligarchy has difference in number of head with Monarchy : Oligarchy has some heads, but Monarchy has only one.
Communist State uses communism system for govern statement. Some statements that choose Communist State system are legal political groups, also their heads rationalize that legal behavior, China(is governed by Deng Xiaoping) is one of examples.
Theocracy is government that its practical head is god. Monarch who has the highest authority also believe god, and he govern citizens by using creed of religion.
Also, in politics, election and voting are most important concepts. But participation rate of voting show inequality at some area : Gender, Age, Race, Class.
According to article, especially people who have white and black race, and more rich people show higher voting participation rate in USA.
Learned Items and Opinion
As reading and interpreting paragraphs, I understand about each statements', governments' political behavior. Depending to their government type, as they have all their own belief about political system. For better or worse, governments keep their own political features.
There are only definition or explanation and examples in wikipedia article. so I can view politics and various government types in objective viewpoint. I do my endeavor to see political phenomenon in that cultural viewpoint. Seeing voting phenomenon, the same.
Question
Various types of government have all their own pros and cons, then what is most ideal government type for social welfare and right governance?
ReplyDeleteI think the ideal political system that does not exist. Because any political system can not satisfy the needs of all people.
What do you think about my opinions?