Zusammenfassung der Ressource
POLITICAL AND
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
- POLITICAL SYSTEMS
- Democracies
- Freedom of
speech, the
press, and
religion
- Varied personal
backgrounds of
political leaders
- Free,
competitive
elections
- Authoritarian
Regimes
- One ruler or a
small group of
leaders have the
real power in
authoritarian
political systems
- Citizens do not
have any voice in
how they are
ruled
- ECONOMICS SYSTEMS
- Capitalism
- Capitalism is based on
private ownership of
the means of
production and on
individual economic
freedom
- Supply and demand
- Free competition
- Socialism
- Calls for putting
the major means
of production in
the hands of the
people, either
directly or
through the
government
- Their main goal is to
narrow, the gap
between the rich and
the poor
- Communism
- No private
ownership of
property should
be allowed
- The government
should exercise the
control in the name
of the people