Oligarchy

A tyrannical government is a government that exercises power in a cruel way. A lot of countries have a tyrannical government such as North Korea. When America was first “discovered” by the colonists, it too had a tyrannical government run by Britain, Britain was taking away most if not all of their rights. This caused the colonists to start a revolution so they could gain their rights back. They won, causing the constitution to be born. In the Constitution it states they get natural rights and…

In the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Israel, and the Greeks, there were communities run by the form of government, monarchy, or kingship. However kingship is different than monarchy as Merriam Webster defines kingship as “the position, office, or dignity of a king”. Monarchy is the family that rules, kingship also happens to be based of monarchy. There are good qualities of a king, and bad qualities; the bad qualities seem to form a pattern that prove flaws in kingship, however… In the play…

We know that governments are different and each of them has its own way of ruling the country, determining the politics problems it has and the ways of dealing with them. If we look back in the history we can see examples of different types of non-democratic regimes, ‘until modern times states were normally ruled by authoritarian regimes and most of these were hereditary monarchies.’ (D. Caramani, 2014, p.97) Today there are still countries that are being ruled in non-democratic ways. The…

2.4 Protracted Conflict Theory According to the late Edward Azar, the developer of protracted conflict theory, protracted social conflicts can be characterized by incompetent, provincial, fragile, and authoritarian governments that fail to satisfy basic human needs. He states governments are dominated by the leading identity groups because they are expected to be unbiased and impartial to the power holders within a country. These groups created a crisis of legitimacy in the governance of…

The City and the Soul The Republic written by Plato in Socratic dialogue is one of the earliest text concerning the subject of justice and forms of government. In the text, Socrates and other Athenians debate on the true meaning of justice. After establishing the premises, Socrates concludes his arguments by praising aristocracy as the best form of government because it is ruled by rational philosopher kings who are just, and critique other forms of government, especially democracy because the…

In Plato’s Republic, the ideal state is divided into three classes: the guardians, the soldiers, and the common people. Even though the guardians are the smallest group, they play the most significant part in this system. The political power is entirely concentrated in their hands. Initially, the guardians are chosen by a legislator, and from later on the power is inherited, but in some cases, the brightest children from other classes may be promoted. The rulers must also be philosophers. What…

1.1 Introduction Local Self Government is the management of local affairs by such local bodies who have been elected by the local people. An elementary level of local self-governments was operative in the Vedic times. With the passage of time, the nature, character and role of the Local Self Governments have undergone sea changes, so much so that the Panchayat of today owes very little to the local government of the past. Now, the Constitution of India provides that the state would take steps…

Democracy is a deviant constitution where the virtuous few turn out worse than the many when they come together even though the virtuous have the upper hand in individuality. A wise individual could be overruled by the many who combine their virtue and wisdom (Miller 2012). Aristotle’s view on democracy was that it was a subjective form of a constitutional government. A constitutional government was one where the ‘many’ ruled; however democracy was the contorted view. “The Athenian system…

The three speeches were very centered around democracy. The term “democracy” originates from the Greek people. The growth of democracy in Athens appeared with the fall of the tyrant Pisistratus. After the fall of Athens after the Peloponnesian War, well-designed democracies did not entirely come back until the 19th century. The basic ideologies of democracy were described by Pericles in his funeral oration. According to Lincoln, democracy means “Government of the people, by the people and for…

Alexis de Tocqueville said, “Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude”. Democracy has many different and diverse principles and values that keep its system running. Some examples of the principles are citizen’s rights and federalism. When even one of these principles and/or values are lost, chaos will ring out and all the purposes of the…