Everyone has a Voice Greece had four different forms of government. Monarchy‚ oligarchy‚ tyranny‚ and democracy. Each city in Greece had their own form of government‚ along with its own laws‚ army‚ and money. I will be focusing on a democracy. One of Greece’s forms of government was democracy‚ and it affected people’s daily life because all citizens share in ruling power. When I say democracy you may be thinking of the modern form of democracy‚ but ancient greece democracy is different than the
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Is democracy compatible with elitism? Introduction: To analyse the compatibility of democracy with elitism it is first important to define both the terms democracy and elitism. Democracy is in its simplest form is the rule for the people by politicians etc‚ and elitism is most simply known as ‘a class that rules and a class that is ruled’. This therefore opens up the question‚ do those in higher positions effectively rule those lower down‚ democracy within elitism‚ and the effects if elitism was
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above-mentioned forms‚ the perversions are as follows: of monarchy‚ tyranny; of aristocracy‚ oligarchy; of polity‚ democracy. For tyranny is a kind of monarchy which has in view the interest of the monarch only; oligarchy has in view the interest of the wealthy; democracy‚ of the needy: none of them the common good of all. Tyranny‚ as I was saying‚ is monarchy exercising the rule of a master over the political society; oligarchy is when men of property have the government in their hands; democracy‚ the opposite
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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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In Ancient Greece there were four forms of government that were practiced Monarchy’s‚ Aristocracy‚ Oligarchy and Direct Democracy. In Ancient Athens they had a direct democracy which allowed the citizens to participate in political decision making. In Ancient Sparta they had an oligarchy form of government in which the state was ruled by a small group of citizens who also controlled the military. <br> <br>The political system of ancient Athens was a democracy‚ which involved all of its citizens by
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An aristocracy is similar to an oligarchy as they both are ruled by a small group of people. The difference is that an aristocracy is ruled by royal families and there is a blood connection for those in power‚ the group that rules an oligarchy is not a royal family (Cartwright‚ 2013). Since they have the most in common let us now look at an oligarchy. Like an aristocracy an oligarchy is also ruled by a select group of individuals. Unlike an aristocracy an oligarchy could be ruled by either a small
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There were many forms of government in Ancient Greece including monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy. These varying forms of government had many similarities and differences and their implementation varied from city-state to city state. A monarchy means that the people are governed by an undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person. Monarchies are typically ruled by a king‚ usually with the help of a council of advisors. Greece was ruled by a series of foreign kings
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Sparta’s government is better than Athens government because sparta had better leadership and organization of government. Sparta had an oligarchy government. Sparta had a system of leadership. Sparta was a strong military state and Athens . Sparta has an oligarchy government. An oligarchy government means that only a small group of people are leading the group and making decisions. Athens has a democracy. Democracy means that the people rule the country. Democracies are bad because then everybody
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surprise in the fact that Greek city-states has so many characteristics in common as well as differences in the structure of their government. The system of government varies from city-state to city-state. Athens practiced democracy‚ Sparta practiced oligarchy‚ Athens in the early time practiced Aristocracy‚ Mycenae practiced monarchy‚ the people of Mycenae are satisfied with their king as supreme leader while tyranny was practiced by Hyppias in Athens in early time before Athens embrace democracy but
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Monarch puts the needs of his people before his own. The second tier is Oligarchy and Aristocracy. Both of these are “the rule of the few” but Oligarchy was considered a better form because the Oligarchy was not necessarily influenced by money and class whereas Aristocracy was. The third tier was Polity and Democracy. Both of these were “the rule of the many” but Democracy was considered better for the same reasons that Oligarchy was better than Aristocracy. With his teachings of philosophy‚ and his
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