what is the difference between a direct and indirect form of government?
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This is a guess; direct government would be the parts directly accountable to elected politicians. Indirect would be those parts not directly accountable eg the judiciary where judges may amend laws but are not accountable to an electorate; an example would be the supreme court in the USA
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I assume you are European by your spelling so please refer yourself to a comparison between Federal and unitary systems as well as Prime Minister vs. Presidential models.\n\nbest
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In the United States, our government is the system of power that acts on behalf of its people. The U.S. government was designed to serve the American people. Our government protects our rights and preserves our freedoms. Governments are set up to make and enforce laws. In this section, we will look at the basic types of governments in the world, yet the main emphasis will be placed on the understanding our American government system.\n\nIn the United States there are three levels of government. The federal government (national level) makes and enforces laws for our nation. The fifty state governments (state level) make and enforce laws for their respective states. Each city or town in which a person lives has a city or town government (local level) that makes and enforces laws for their community. The most powerful of the three levels is our federal (national level) government.
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Constitutional Democratic Republic.\n\nThe difference from straight democracy is that we don't directly vote on each issue, but have representative who vote on each issue.\n\nThe other difference is the Consitution which limits the government from voting in certain things.  For example, in a straight Democracy the majority of people might decide that Nazism is good and that all Jews should be killed.  The Constitution prohibits the Democratic process from becoming "mob rule" and protects the rights of the minorities.
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1) A political institution that allows citizens to driectly address the government, petition it and change it.\nTwo forms: Direct democracy (Athens) or republic (Rome)... Majority of democracies today are republics \n2) Either way the principle is that any government derives its power from the consent and will of the people.  Any governemnt that ignores this and destroys this connection loses its authority to govern\n3) It works by having citizens involved (directly and passively) in the political and civic life.  It's a little like asking how going to the market works.  How do you choose what product buy, how do you know what is the best and/or the cheapest product?  One stays informed about what is happening in their community, state, and nation.  Then citizens try to vote for the laws or officials that they believe will best address the wants and needs of the society.\n4) The benefit is that the government becomes responsive to the people and is able to change as society changes.  At the same time these changes occur slowly and thoughtfully due to the constant dissent and differing opinions.  DO NOT expect rapid action from a democracy unless it is a National Crisis.  A democracy is intended to seek the middle ground in legislation to accamodate the greates number of citizens while also trying to achieve no harm to any of its citizens.\n\n5) Succesful democracies have seperation of powers between executive, legislative and judicial branches.  They follow the "rule of law" and consider "due process of law" to be the keystone to the entirelegal/political systme.
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the goverment brainwashes you whats the difference?
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How can you differentiate .  A democratic government is based on a democratic parliament which is based on a democratic government and so on and so forth there is no difference
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Yes many differences. Look up for each system what their basis  and structure of govt are
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They are both decided by a vote of the people, They are two of the three forms of direct democracy along with Initiative
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Democracy is direct rule by a population through an elected leader.  Monarchy is a system in which the king could potentially not do what the public wants.
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A prime minister is elected from parliament to be the head of the government.  A president is completely separate from the legislative body.  A vice president is usually pretty powerless - fulfilling the duties the president can't or doesn't want to do.
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Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship. \n\nWhen important issues affecting the life of an individual are decided by somebody else, it makes no difference to the individual whether that somebody else is a king, a dictator or society at large.
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Government is a system of social control under which the right to make laws, and the right to enforce them, is vested in a particular group in society. \n\nGovernments are distinguished by whether power is held by one man, a few, or a majority. Today, it is common to distinguish between types of government on the basis of institutional organization and the degree of control exercised over the society.\n\nOrganizationally, governments may be classified into parliamentary or presidential systems, depending on the relationship between executive and legislature. Government may also be classified according to the distribution of power at different levels. \n\nThe basic law determining the form of government is called the constitution and may be written, as in the United States, or largely unwritten, as in Great Britain. Modern governments perform many functions besides the traditional ones of providing internal and external security, order, and justice; most are involved in providing welfare services, regulating the economy, and establishing educational systems. The extreme case of governmental regulation of every aspect of people's lives is totalitarianism.
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A pragmatic one. That two types of government are able to combine forces and able to co-join two methods of government to solve the same problem from two perspectives.
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Some nations have seperate heads of State and Government. Other nations, such as the United States have one person representing Head of Stateand Government.\n\nIt all depends on the type of government they have; Parlimentarian, Federal Republic, etc.
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In a Parliamentary government the Executive (President or Prime Minister) more directly depends on the legislature for power. There is usually more direct control over government  by the people in this form, but it is also more inherently unstable and offers less checks and balances.
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Two notable differences that I remember:  \n\n1. Congressman were appointed by the state legislatures as opposed to direct election as they are now.\n\n2.  Congress only had one house, as opposed to the bicameral legislature (two houses) that we have now that consists of the Senate and House of Representatives.