The Giver is about a boy named Jonas‚ who lives in a dystopian society where the citizens of the community make no choices in their lives instead the communities leaders decide for them ( The Giver‚Lois Lowry‚ 8‚12‚15)They believe that if they let people make their own decisions‚ they would make wrong choices‚ so the leaders think for the people’s safety‚ they shouldn’t let them make them. If compared to our society‚ there would be many similarities of how they run the government but differences
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within it share. * A set of interrelated beliefs that provide a picture of the world as whole. Forms of government 1. autocracy – it uphold that the government should be in the hand of one individual who has supreme power over the people. 2. oligarchy – a form of government in w/c the power of authority resides in the few persons who governfor their own interests. 3. democracy – a form of government where there is rule by the people socialist directly or through representatives. Raymond Aron
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The Oligarchy of Sparta was more efficient and stable compared to Athens because of its laws‚ structure‚ and culture. The city-state of Sparta had strict laws for the conduct of its citizens which promoted the welfare of the whole community. Athens democracy was constantly voting to enact laws which were often controlled by mob rule. Sparta’s government was controlled by the elites and elders of the community. Athens was ruled by the common man who was ill equipped to rule. Spartan culture was much
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conservative oligarchy‚ the maintaining of agriculture over industry as the primary source of economics‚ and the return of white supremacy‚ rather than the vision of the New South. With the change in political power from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party in 1877‚ the South again was back to mainly all white governments which eliminated any political gains African Americans had made during Reconstruction. Democratic Party also marked a return to a powerful‚ conservative oligarchy‚ which had
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Polis- A Greek city-state Acropolis- The top of a hill where the Greeks went to for refuge Agora- An open area (market place) Hoplites- Armed foot infantry soldiers Phalanx- A military formation Democracy- A gov’t led by people of rule or many Oligarchy- Rule by the few Helots- The people captured by the Spartans Ephors- A group of 5 men that were responsible for education Aristotle- A Greek philosopher that argued against the politic rights Solon- A reform-minded aristocrat that canceled land
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of a revolution for the Japanese people. Mutsuhito‚ known posthumously as Meiji‚ literally meaning “Enlightened Rule” served as the figurehead to the Meiji Oligarchy‚ a privileged ruling class clique formed by powerful Samurai‚ which reformed and revolutionised Japan‚ transforming it into a world power within half a century. The Meiji Oligarchy succeeded the Tokugawa Shogunate‚ a feudal military dictatorship which had ruled Japan for 256 years. The Meiji leadership revolutionised Japan in response
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their own culture in the face of many others. The governments of Greek city states were constantly changing‚ taking on forms such as monarchies‚ oligarchies‚ aristocracies‚ and democracies. In fact‚ Athens took on all of these forms between 800 and 400 B.C.E. It was originally a monarchy‚ then transformed into an aristocracy. This turned into an oligarchy‚ which finally‚ under a man called Cleisthenes‚ transformed into the democracy we know so well today. This example mirrors the transformation of
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DEMOCRACY AND BUREAUCRARY ARE INCOMPATIBLE‚ DISCUSS USING ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES. The relationship between democracy and bureaucracy has generated much debate amongst scholars. Democracy is defined as a political system which supplies regular constitutional opportunities for changing the governing officials and the social mechanism which permits the largest possible part of the population to influence major decisions by choosing among political contenders for political office. Abraham Lincoln as
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World History Mid-Term Exam (Ch. 3 -22) Mr. Halliday Choose the letter of the best answer. (1 point each) ____ 1. Buddhism spread across Asia mostly as a result of A. trade. B. conquest. C. missionary efforts. D. pilgrimages by the faithful. ____ 2. A Phoenician contribution that people still benefit from today was A. the introduction of Indo-Aryan languages to C. the invention of the phonetic alphabet. Europe. B. the invention of the sail. D. the invention of the labyrinth. ____ 3. Monotheism
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the type of regime and‚ by extension‚ the type of laws that the regime should have is the structure of authority in the regime. The two most common types of regimes are democracy and oligarchy. All regimes desire to be wealthy‚ therefore all regimes are oligarchical to some extent‚ but more specifically oligarchies are regimes where the wealthy rule. Democracies on the other hand are defined as the rule of the majority‚ which is assuming that the majority ruling are the poor. One main point that
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