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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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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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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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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The two Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta were different in many ways. Though they may be geographically similar on the map‚ the two Greek city-states could not be any more different; from the way they run their government to the way they educate their children‚ to their country’s ancestry. These are only some of the way that Athens and Sparta are different. The two city-states are also similar in some ways‚ as well. Both of the city-states had partially elected governments and both strongly
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Chapter 1 American Political Culture (Ginsberg) 1) In relationship to week’s 1 readings about how the government affects our life on a daily basis‚ discuss why does the general public accept governmental regulations and restrictions on our lives? For the first part of our short history‚ Americans did not accept the government’s right to regulate what individuals or business did. As a matter of fact‚ Americans greatly resisted any interference by government‚ especially the federal branch. The
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St. Thomas Aquinas takes many of Aristotle ’s ideas from The Politics in order to create his idea of the best regime. He revisits the good and bad forms of each type of government Aristotle introduced‚ and then makes his decision that the best regime is a type of monarchy that he calls kingship. This decision stems from his definition of a king as "one who rules over the people of a city or province for the common good" (17). Kingship is beneficial because it is the rule of one person. Aquinas states
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The relevance of The Republic to our modern society In Plato’s The Republic‚ Plato illustrates what his ideal city would look like. He describes the educational systems‚ ideal legislators and the purposes of democracy. The republic influenced many people to understand the purpose for democracy‚ and it led to new philosophical schools of thought. Although this work was written hundreds of years ago‚ it still affects our modern world today. One of the most important things that Plato stresses is
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