Asian
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
AsianHist.
Hist.
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
FDI R
NA
ALF
T
Government
and Political
Systems in Asia
Asian
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
AsianHist.
Hist.
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
Democracy
means “People”
and “Kratos” means “Rule”
A form of Government Ruled
by People or its Citizens.
Can either be Pure or
Representative Democracy
FDI R
NA
ALF
T
“Demos”
Asian
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
AsianHist.
Hist.
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
Democracy
pushed for their
freedom from dictatorial
governments.
A Democratic government
can either be Presidential or
Parliamentary.
FDI R
NA
ALF
T
Asians
Asian
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
AsianHist.
Hist.
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
Dictatorship
form of government where
in a dictator or a group of
people holds the government
absolutely.
Under a dictatorship, the
citizens’ political rights and
civil liberties are restricted.
FDI R
NA
ALF
T
A
Asian
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
AsianHist.
Hist.
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
Monarchy
form of government under
a monarch (a king, a queen,
a sultan, or an emir)
Power is handed from one
generation to another.
The position of being a
monarch is hereditary.
FDI R
NA
ALF
T
A
Asian
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
AsianHist.
Hist.
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
Monarchy
types of Monarchy:
Absolute and Constitutional.
For Absolute Monarchy, the
power of the ruler is Complete.
For Constitutional Monarchy,
the power of the monarch is
limited by a constitution.
FDI R
NA
ALF
T
Two
Asian
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
AsianHist.
Hist.
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
Theocracy
form of civil government in
which God himself is recognized
as the head.
a form of government in which a
state is understood as governed
by immediate divine guidance
especially a state ruled by clergy,
or by officials who are regarded as
divinely guided.
FDI R
NA
ALF
T
A
Asian
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
AsianHist.
Hist.
Lecture
notes 2011-2012
Theocracy
Islamic state is a state that
has adopted Islam, specifically
Sharia, as its foundations for
political institutions, or laws,
exclusively, and has
implemented the Islamic ruling
system.
FDI R
NA
ALF
T
An