eventually overthrown by a rebellion and the rebels retain control amongst themselves collectively producing an ’Aristocracy’. The Aristocrats are then succeeded by a generation that again‚ begins to use its powers to oppress the people and becomes an ’Oligarchy’. Like the Tyrant‚ they are overthrown by the oppressed who then form a ’Democracy’. As time progresses‚ order and control dissolve completely until we find ourselves in a ’state of nature’ or ’Anarchy’ once again. As Machiavelli saw it‚ because
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Democracy‚ as defined by Polybius‚ was a “regime based on effective rule by the people.” In Polybius’ Histories‚ democracy was not based on each citizen having the ‘right to do whatever they wish or propose’ but true democracy relied on “reverence to the gods‚ succour of parents‚ respect to elders‚ obedience to laws‚ are traditional and habitual‚ in such communities” as well as decisions being decided by the majority. It has been agreed upon by most ancient historians that Rome was not a democracy
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he‚ Machiavelli‚ talks about people made to get rid of the ruler that he called "Revolution." After "Revolution‚" government became an "anarchy" and went back to monarchy form of the government. So simply‚ there is monarchy‚ tyrany‚ nobility‚ oligarchy‚ revolution‚ and anarchy form of government that he mentioned. Although he pointed out three good powers and bad powers‚ Machiavelli says that good powers are monarchy‚ nobility‚ and Revolution. These days "The Circle of Government" formed by Check
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Plato‚ factions will inevitably occur within society‚ the way to address this is viewed in two different ways by Plato and Madison. Plato sees within society an inherent flaw of two cities‚ a city of the rich and a city of the poor. He rejects oligarchy‚ the rule of few over many‚ because he believes that "absolute power corrupts absolutely" and rejects democracy for the incompetence within the system because it lacks people properly schooled in the Plutonian tradition and sees the violence inherent
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brought forth the ideology of Demokratia or rule by the people‚ we know know this ideology as Democracy. Before 507 B.C. the city-states of Ancient Greece were failing to uphold control. At the time most city-states were either Monarchies or an Oligarchy‚ a government ran by a select few. But by the time of the of the collapse of the Bronze age the city states overthrew their kings and adopted a constitution. They still kept the kings but the power that they held was derived from the constitution
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Sonksen 1 Connor Sonksen Connorsonksen1@gmail.com Topic #2 Dr. Graff HON171 11/02/2012 Social Contracts and Responsibility The best and brightest of history’s philosophers have dedicated great amounts of time to describing the best forms of social and political organization with the hope of discovering the best way of life for humanity. Aristotle and Plato are certainly no exception. The teacher and the student‚ defined by each other’s works‚ have taken historical and groundbreaking positions
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Anarchy Anarchy is to government what atheism is to religion; in anarchy there is no government and each individual has absolute liberty. It is important to note‚ however‚ that the lack of a government toenforce laws does not automatically imply that there are no laws; anarcho-capitalism in particular posits a form of anarchy with a body of explicit laws. Aristocracy a form of government in which a select few rule based on hereditary. Autocracy a form of government in which the political power
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Sparta had a Political organisation unlike many other Greek states at that time that drew upon elements of all types of Government structures. The Spartan constitution contained elements of monarchy‚ oligarchy and democracy and was described by ancient writers as a mixed constitution. The four elements were made by the two kings (monarchical)‚ Gerousia (oligarchic)‚ the Five Ephors (limited Democratic) and the Ekklesia (democratic). This system all came about from the work of the law-giver named
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population of Pakistan leading life in such feudal and rural traditions. Consequently‚ general election becomes a selection of a few based upon the will of a few who are powerful and leading a privileged life. In this way‚ democracy has been reduced to oligarchy and aristocracy in our country. So far as illiteracy is concerned‚ it is also a major root cause behind the failure of democracy in Pakistan. Literacy is the very first and the most important pre – requisite for democracy. Accordingly the Census
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oldest‚ most common form of government; the responsibility is not to the people. There is more than one form of dictatorship; autocracy is an absolute monarchy‚ in which the power is given to one single person to govern over a group of people. An oligarchy is members of a ruling class‚ in which power is shared between a set group of higher class. In a democracy the people are the source of authority. There are five basic principles that the democratic government follows; number one says that the
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