WASSCE Government · Political Concepts & Theory
Democracy and Other Political Ideologies
Democracy, autocracy, socialism, communism, capitalism, and totalitarianism — defined and compared.
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Across the topic: 12 sections · 1 worked example · 2 diagrams
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2 lessons · 15 min
- 1Democracy: meaning, types, features and conditions7 minFree7 minFree
- 2Political ideologies: capitalism, socialism, communism and fascism8 min Plan8 min Plan
- What is a political ideology?
- Capitalism
- Socialism
- Communism
- Fascism, Nazism and totalitarianism
- Other systems
- Comparing the main ideologies
1 diagram
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