, Question 1
Describe in detail the meaning of the following concepts:
a) Citizenship (5)
Citizenship is that person’s status or relationship to a nation or state. For example a
South African citizen is a person who enjoys citizenship in South Africa, either by
birth or naturalization.
b) Community (5)
People who are grouped together because of a shared or strong communal interest.
The condition of sharing or having certain attitudes and interest in common.
c) Government (5)
The word government comes from the Latin word called; gubername,
which basically
means to serve. It might also refer to the collection of people and institutions that
make and enforces the laws more specifically to national government. There are two
forms of government; Democratic and Non-democratic governance.
d) Forms of government (5)
There are different forms of government, which is referred by the actions of the
government. Two broad categories may be distinguished, namely democratic forms
of government and non-democratic forms of government.
are characterised by the principles of popular
Democratic forms of government
sovereignty, political equality, equality of the people, consultation with the people and
majority government.
include; dictatorships, totalitarianism and
Non-democratic forms of government
perfect totalitarianism. They are characterised by the fact that the principles present
in democracies are absent to varying degrees.
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