Forms Of Government And Its Effect On National Identity

ASSIGNMENT 1: FORMS OF GOVERNMENT Each country has its own unique form of government that helps shape its national identity but experts identify at least nine forms of governments. These are Communism, Marxism, Socialism, Monarchy, Republic, Dictatorship, Totalitarianism, Anarchy and Tyranny. All the other types are just modifications and improvements of these nine so that they can be suitable for that particular country. Communism, according to Remy Melina, is that form of government where in the ruling party has direct and full control of the country’s economy. In this type of government, the ruling party eliminates the possibility personal property ownership for it advocates that all the products are to be divided and shared equally by†¦show more content†¦In this type, equality is a very significant value imposed by the government as, according to Remy Melina, socialism wants to make sure that the goods and services are equally given to every citizens in the coun try who utilizes it. Finland and Denmark are two of the countries who employ this. Monarchy is probably the oldest form of government. Most countries of the ancient times used Monarchy to govern their nation (Hartmann). In this type of government, the nation is ruled by a single person known as the king or and his words are absolute and unbreakable. He has complete power over all that belongs to his or her country. In addition to that, being the ruler of a country is something that can be inherited by family members (Hartmann). The countries who use this type of government United Kingdom, although their monarchy is now different than its ancient form for the power of ruling family is now limited. Republic, is a form of democracy. In this type of government, the people of the nation has the power to select and elect their representatives to the government (Melina). This is probably the most common form of government at present for the majority of the countries all over the world use s it. United States of America is probably the most famous of them. Dictatorship, on the other hand is a form of government