Week 8-2 Government

Government


1. Summarize 

 The government consists of the legislature, the administration and the judiciary. The government mainly works to determine various policies. As mentioned earlier, there are many forms of government, and the simplest way to distinguish them is whether people have the authority to govern. Since we are a democratic country, we follow the majority opinion through voting, but the dictatorship is the opposite. One person is not affected by public control or restraint because he or she decides and exercises everything. A republic has more power than a sovereign. Consider it a 'public problem' and many of the people often control the government. The Republic is also classified into about four different types. Federalism is where members of a group are bound by covenants. It is said that it is mainly based on the color of democracy and that the power of governance is often shared, so the system called coalition is used.

 2. Interesting

As many countries reside, it can be seen that they have different forms of government. Basically, democracy and monarchy, which are shaped like our country, were familiar with it, but came to know anew about federalism and the way the republic operates its system. Especially it was a very surprising fact that federalism was based on a democratic system. Just as the government has different forms, the economic system is different. Representatively, there were capitalist societies in South Korea and communist societies in North Korea, besides, there were more systems, such as feudalism, socialism and welfare states.
3. Discussion 

What are the advantages of living in a different economic system (Capitalism)?

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