Introduce children to the concept of politics & find out who's in charge across the world from presidents prime ministers & dictators to kings & queens This book will look at different systems of leadership that exist globally looking in particular at how democracies work & what voting & elections are It looks at the seven main types of governmentsways of ruling
- Anarchy; Dictatorship; Monarchy; Theocracy; Totalitarian; Republic; Democracy It looks at the set-up of democratic governments in particular the UK & US & what they do for example making laws funding armies providing services & how they make these things happen & why we pay taxes We talk about the different political ideologies that different governments have such as capitalism & communism & the spectrum of ideologies from the far left to the far right including liberalism socialism conservatism & fascism
- & in between How do elections work? What types of elections are there for example local state for a leader or nationalgeneral how candidates are chosen what voting systems are in place such as PPR & FPP who is entitled to vote & how votes are cast & counted Finally find out what it takes to become a leader & get people to vote for you Learn how to get involved by joining school councils or running school elections