Forms of State

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Forms of state

► 1. Form of government;
► 2. Form of state structure;
► 3. Political regime.
Forms of state

Form of Method of organizing the supreme


government state power.

Form of The method of interconnection of the


territorial territorial entities of the state,
structure enshrined in the constitution.

The set of ways and methods of


Political exercising state power in a country.
regime
Form of government

Monarchy Republic

Absolute Parliamentary
monarchy republic

A constitutional Presidential
monarchy republic

Semi-presidential
republic
A form of government in which supreme power
Monarchy is fully or partially vested in the sole head of
state - the monarch

Absolute Unlimited political power belongs entirely


monarchy to the monarch

A constitutional The powers of the monarch are limited by


monarchy the constitution
Republic

Form of state and


government

Source of Popular
power majority

Main
Elected by
government citizens
bodies
The government is The president is
formed by parliament elected at a meeting
from the leaders of the
party that wins the
of parliament
elections

Parliamentary
republic

The The President


government is performs mainly
representative
responsible to
functions
parliament
Modern parliamentary republics

Italy

Germany

Switzerland

India
The President is
Head of state - elected by
president popular vote

Presidential
republic

The President forms President -


the government head of the
under some
parliamentary control
cabinet or head
of government
The government bears
President - double responsibility - to
the parliament and partly
head of to the president
state

Semi-presidential
(mixed) republic

Powers to exercise
The President executive power are
is elected by divided between the
popular vote president and the
government
Forms of territorial structure of the state

Unitary (single) state

Federal State

Confederation
Unitary state

Single, indivisible, constituting one


whole state system

The central government carries


out the main governing functions
throughout the territory
Unitary state

FRANCE

GREAT BRITAIN

ITALY
Federal State

Uniting several territorial units into


one state

The federal
government carries
out the most
The principle of
important functions, subsidiarity
some of the applies
functions are
transferred to the
regions
Question :

What is the
principle of
subsidiarity?
The principle of subsidiarity

The principle according to


which there is a division
of powers between the
federal and regional
levels of government
Federal states

Federal Republic of
Germany (FRG)

Switzerland

United States of
America (USA)

Russian Federation
(RF)
Confederation

An association of absolutely
independent entities that have
an independent system of
government bodies and
legislation, their own currency,
citizenship, national armies
Political regime

democratic non-democratic

1. Despotic regime

2. Tyrannical regime

3. totalitarian regime
► Despotic regime
► Tyrannical regime

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