AP Comparative Government and Politics / Unit 1: Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments
1.5 Sources of Power and Authority
Notes
- Constitutions, traditions, religion, elections, military power.
- Iran's supreme leader draws authority from religion; the UK monarch from tradition.
Practice
Iran's supreme leader gets authority mainly from:
Theocracy.
The UK's monarch has power mainly from:
Symbolic.
A written constitution as a source of authority reflects:
Rules and law.
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