DRC Compare Govts of U.K., Germany, and Russia GPS: SS6CG5: The student will explain the structure...
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DRC Compare Gov’ts of U.K., Germany, and Russia GPS: SS6CG5: The student will explain the structure of modern European governments.
Transcript of DRC Compare Govts of U.K., Germany, and Russia GPS: SS6CG5: The student will explain the structure...
DRCCompare Gov’ts of U.K.,
Germany, and RussiaGPS: SS6CG5: The student will explain the structure of modern
European governments.
Country Gov’t System
Leader-ship
Citizen voting rights
Citizen personal freedoms
United Kingdom
(Great Britain [England, Scotland,Wales] + Northern Ireland)
Constitu-tional Monarchy
Parlia-mentary
2 houses: House of Lords & House of Commons
Prime minister: head of gov’t (day-to-day)
Monarch: head of state
Vote for parlia-ment
*Freedom of worship
*Equal treatment
*Freedom of speech
*Right to fair trial
*Right to own property
Country Gov’t System
Leadership Citizen voting rights
Citizen personal freedoms
Germany *Represent-ative democracy
*Federal
*Parlia-mentary
*2 houses: Bundestag and Bundesrat
Chancellor: head of gov’t (day-to-day)
President: head of state
Vote for parlia-ment (parlia-ment selects chancellor
and president)
*Freedom of worship
*Equal treatment
*Freedom of speech
*Right to fair trial
*Right to own property
Country Gov’t System
Leadership Citizen voting rights
Citizen personal freedoms
Russia *Federa-tion
Federal Assembly
has 2 parts:
Federation Council and
Duma
President: head of state –
selects Premier
Vote for president; elect Duma (Federation Council not elected)
*right to life
*right to dignity
*freedom of speech
*right to privacy
*equal treatment
