Five Types Of Leadership Styles Of Athens And Sparta

Greece has several hundred city states otherwise called “poleis.” Each of these is considered to be a country on its own. Athens and Sparta were the most influential of all the city states and they practiced democracy (Brand, n.d, p. 1). All other “poleis” however used other forms of government strategies although Sparta did practice other forms, other than democracy. Five types of leadership styles will be discussed which are; monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, oligarchy and democracy.
According to the Duhaimes Law Dictionary (n.d) monarchy is defined as “a form of government in which law making power is given to a single person, usually holding such authority by birthright and not by merit.” This ultimately means that the person, who rules
These rules are broken using force by one person, who “undertakes to rule as a monarch,” for personal reasons. This is an underhanded tactic used by one to take over. During a voting process, especially in politics, tyranny does occur. For example, the hunting act of 2004 bans dogs (particularly fox hunting) participants took a vote on whether or not it should be banned. The vote numbers were 356 in the majority which believed that the ban should take place. The minority numbers were 166 and these persons held the view that the act should remain. In the end, tyranny took precedence here, as the minority was forced to agree with the majority (LawTeacher, n.d, para.2).
As defined by the New World Encyclopedia (2015) oligarchy is a “form of government in which political power effectively rests with a small, elite segment of the society” (line 1). South Africa for example, used oligarchy as a leadership style in the twentieth century, specifically when they were being faced with the race impasse and apartheid. This policy began in 1948 and lasted until 1994 when oligarchy ended, after which the country moved to democracy (New World Encyclopedia, 2015, para.
The most significant and noticeable difference is between democracy and monarchy. The democratic process involves a voting process by citizens, while a monarchy on the other hand, chooses its leaders that were born into the power and has a birthright to take over leadership at an appropriate age or whenever necessary. Oligarchy and aristocracy however are very different from democracy and monarchy but are similar in in their process. Both the oligarchic and aristocratic leader is chosen by the person’s status in society. The New Encyclopedia (2015) states that “wealthy members of a community reigned supreme” (sect.