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== Forms of Government == | == Forms of Government == | ||
=== Greek forms of government === | |||
* monarchy | |||
* aristocracy: | |||
*** is most easily understood as a social class as opposed to a form of government | |||
*** as a form of government is a type of oligarchy | |||
*** will rule to protect landed interests and family lineages | |||
** in other oligarchies, the elites will rule to protect commercial or other interests | |||
* oligarchy | * oligarchy | ||
** rule by elites | ** rule by elites | ||
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*** oli = "many" but only in the sense of more than rule by pure Aristocratic birth | *** oli = "many" but only in the sense of more than rule by pure Aristocratic birth | ||
*** oli refers to spread of power to non-landed, non-hereditary elites | *** oli refers to spread of power to non-landed, non-hereditary elites | ||
* | * tryanny | ||
* democracy | |||
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