Gloucester Township Campus IMC/Library: Political Ideologies

Explains the world's political systems, describing types of government, structures of government, and functions of government.

A discussion of communism that defines government and examines its history, principles, ideals, leaders, and political, economic, and social implications.

Examines the democratic system of government, its origins, history, and how it works, looks at different types of democracy, and describes the individual rights provided by democracies.

Examines different types of monarchies such as elected, absolute, constitutional, and nominal are discussed, as are the different forms of government and economic systems in monarchies.

Examines the history of socialism, how it has evolved, and its effect on other forms of government.

Examines theocracies in world history from the Vatican to the societies of the Aztecs, Mayans, and Egyptians to modern theocracies such as those in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Utah Territory, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.