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Vote for Me!

Louise Spilsbury

Introduce children to the concept of politics and find out who's in charge across the world from presidents prime ministers and dictators to kings and queens.

This book will look at different systems of leadership that exist globally looking in particular at how democracies work and what voting and elections are.

It looks at the seven main types of governments/ways of ruling - Anarchy; Dictatorship; Monarchy; Theocracy; Totalitarian; Republic; Democracy. It looks at the set-up of democratic governments in particular the UK and US and what they do for example making laws funding armies providing services and how they make these things happen and why we pay taxes.

We talk about the different political ideologies that different governments have such as capitalism and communism and the spectrum of ideologies from the far left to the far right including liberalism socialism conservatism and fascism - and in between.

How do elections work? What types of elections are there for example local state for a leader or national/general how candidates are chosen what voting systems are in place such as PPR and FPP who is entitled to vote and how votes are cast and counted.

Finally find out what it takes to become a leader and get people to vote for you. Learn how to get involved by joining school councils or running school elections.

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  • Classification : Reference
  • Pub Date : AUG 8, 2019
  • Imprint : Wayland
  • Page Extent : 64
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781526302137
  • Price : INR 599
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Louise Spilsbury

Award-winning author Louise Spilsbury, who also writes under the name Louise Kay Stewart, has written over 250 books for young people on a wide range of exciting subjects. She loves writing children's books as it gives her the chance to keep learning about new stuff. She lives and works near the coast in South Devon and loves to walk on the beach and swim in the sea after work. Louise won The English Association Margaret Mallett Award for Children's Non-Fiction 2019 for Rebel Voices: the rise of votes for women.

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