popular sovereignty
Someone with the power to command a government or business is called a chief executive. It is important to have someone responsible for difficult decisions.
Pluralists
The type of government where the central government has all the power and the people have none is called a dictatorship.
The form of government in which people have the ultimate power is called a democracy. The opposite would be a dictatorship.
soverignty is located with the people who hold the power
An oligarchy is "a government in which power is in the hands of a few."
Democracy (democratic)
Someone with the power to command a government or business is called a chief executive. It is important to have someone responsible for difficult decisions.
There is no real power by democratic people. While they have real "power" to elect and collectively make decisions, the power roots from the decisions themselves and those who are elected to make decisions. Democracy is the weakest form of government.
A large number of people hold power.
Pluralists
An oligarchy is "a government in which power is in the hands of a few."
One person controls everything in the country; he came to power by overthrowing the previous government.
This is a democracy.
The type of government where the central government has all the power and the people have none is called a dictatorship.
Indirect democracy
The form of government in which people have the ultimate power is called a democracy. The opposite would be a dictatorship.