GMS 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: World Food Programme, Isdb, African Development Bank

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 400
• Professor: Dale Carl

Document Summary

States (nations) are governed by a continuously changing succession of people who have different roles for creating and enforcing laws (rules). Sometimes the rulers or legislators (people in political power) are hereditary, some come from a small cadre of elite or a dominant political party, and some are freely elected. Absolute monarchy: a form of government where the monarch rules unhindered, i. e. , without any laws, constitution, or legally organized opposition. e. g. saudi arabia. Constitutional monarchy - a system of government in which a monarch is guided by a constitution whereby his/her rights, duties, and responsibilities are spelled out in written law or by custom. e. g. british commonwealth, norway, netherlands, thailand. Example of absolute monarchy and explain why it is absolute. Democracy - a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but which is usually exercised indirectly through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed. Generally governments are elected every 4-5 years.