Most governments can be classified using the following criteria:
1. Who can participate?
2. The geographic distribution of governmental power
3. The relationship between the executive and legislative branches of the government
federal and state governments.
There is certain information in the government system that is classified. The classification levels are as follows; top secret (TS), secret, confidential, restricted, official, unclassified, clearance, and compartmented information.
the relationship between the federal government and state governments is specifically laid out in the constitution
The part of a government that holds power in a confederacy is the state government. The federal government has limited power in this government.
The 1997 Census of Government says it best... "There were 87,504 governmental units in the United States as of June 1997. In addition to the Federal Government and the 50 state governments, there were 87,453 units of local government. Of these, 39,044 are general purpose local governments - 3,043 county governments and 36,001 subcounty general purpose governments, including 13,726 school distict governments and 34,683 special district governments."
Governments are classified by:People in powerScope of authorityExecutive and legislative link
How are governments classified? How does the U.S. government fit into these classifications?
The four criteria used to classify a government are who is a regulator, who is a provider, who has power, and who hold restrictions. A monarchy would be classified by asking who has the power?
The separation of powers and free elections are what characterizes the Democratic government. The freedom to choose governments is an important factor in this type of government. Also, an important point is known as freedom of assembly.
In today's world, the vast majority of national governments are called democratic ones. Other types are called monarchies and some still are classified, or indeed call themselves communist governments. Another type, as the one in Iran is, are a religious government.
The United States Government can be classified as a mixed Government.
unitary government
federal and state governments.
The plural of government is governments
Federalism is the form of government in which local governments must follow the direction of the central government.
The central, or federal, government has the highest power. It is the highest level of government. Then there's the state government, then the local government.
By the local people. State governments can declare a local government to be an incorporated city, for example, but have little to do with its government.