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Heptarchy The Heptarchy, according to Bartholomew's A literary & historical atlas of Europe (1914) The Heptarchy is a collective name applied to the seven petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England from the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in 5th century until their unification into the Kingdom of England in the early 10th century. The term Heptarchy alludes to the tradition that there were seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, usually enumerated as: East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex. The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms eventually unified into the Kingdom of England. The historiograph
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- An oligarchy is said to be that in which the few and the wealthy, and a democracy that in which the many and the poor are the rulers, as Aristotle put it in his Politics. (1). Athens was a democracy throughout most of the 5th and the 4th century. Only in 411 and 404 did oligarchs succeed in establishing a government where the few and wealthy ruled over the many and mostly poor. Neither oligarchic regime lasted even as long as a year.
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Aristocracy Aristocracy (Greek ἀριστοκρατία aristokratía, from ἄριστος aristos excellent, and κράτος kratos power) is a form of government that places power in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class. The term derives from the Greek aristokratia, meaning rule of the best.
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- Definition of oligarch - a ruler in an oligarchy., (especially in Russia) a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence. Definition of oligarch - a ruler in an oligarchy., (especially in Russia) a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence. dictionary thesaurus
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Oligarchy Oligarchy (from Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía); from ὀλίγος (olígos), meaning 'few', and ἄρχω (arkho), meaning 'to rule or to command') is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people.
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Oligarchy 1 Aristotle writes that 'oligarchy is when men of property have the government in their hands... wherever men rule by reason of their wealth, whether they be few or many, that is an oligarchy, and where the poor rule, that is a democracy'.. ^  Hansen, Mogens Herman (1991).
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- • An Oligarchy refers to a government or political system controlled and ruled by a small and elite group of people. This group is not limited to wealthy people alone but includes other privileged individuals or groups of people such as royalty, noblemen, landowners, academics or philosophers, and military officers.
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Oligarchy In the Aristotelian classification of government, there were two forms of rule by the few: aristocracy and its debased form, oligarchy. Although the term oligarchy is rarely used to refer to contemporary political systems, the phenomenon of irresponsible rule by small groups has not vanished from the world.
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- plural matriarchies. Learner's definition of MATRIARCHY. 1. [count] : a family, group, or government controlled by a woman or a group of women. For 20 years, the country was ruled as a matriarchy.
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Plutocracy Plutocracy (Greek: πλοῦτος, ploutos, 'wealth' + κράτος, kratos, 'rule') or plutarchy, is a form of oligarchy and defines a society ruled or controlled by the small minority of the wealthiest citizens. The first known use of the term was in 1631. Unlike systems such as democracy, capitalism, socialism or anarchism, plutocracy is not rooted in an established political philosophy. The concept of plutocracy may be advocated by the wealthy classes of a society in an indirect or surreptitious fashion, though the term itself is almost always used in a pejorative sense. Contents
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Theocracy  (video game) Each tribe has a unique 'personality' dictated by its AI; the red tribe the Izhuacans for example are an 'aggressive and warlike theocracy' and will generally be the first tribe to make an aggressive move in the game.
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- Technocracy is an organizational structure or system of governance where decision-makers are selected on the basis of technological knowledge.
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Cultural hegemony In politics, hegemony is the geopolitical method of indirect imperial dominance, with which the hegemon (leader state) rules subordinate states, by the threat of intervention, an implied means of power, rather than by direct military force, that is, invasion, occupation, and annexation.
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autocracy autocracy - a political system governed by a single individual. autarchy. monarchy - an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority. form of government, political system - the members of a social organization who are in power.
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Plutocracy Plutocracy (from Greek πλοῦτος, ploutos, meaning wealth, and κράτος, kratos, meaning power, dominion, rule) or plutarchy, is a form of oligarchy and defines a society ruled or controlled by the small minority of the wealthiest citizens.The first known use of the term was in 1652.ne modern, formal example of what some critics have described as a plutocracy is the City of London. The City (not the whole of modern London but the area of the ancient city, about 1 sq mile or 2.5 km2, which now mainly comprises the financial district) has a unique electoral system for its local administration.
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Oligarchy Oligarchy (from Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía); from ὀλίγος (olígos), meaning 'few', and ἄρχω (arkho), meaning 'to rule or to command')[1][2][3] is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people might be distinguished by nobility, wealth, family ties, education or corporate, religious or military control.
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oligarchy The definition of an oligarchy is a government structure where a small and elite group have power. 1  An example of an oligarchy is a society in which a small group of dictators is in charge of the country.  The dictators themselves are also an example of an oligarchy.
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Definitions &Translations In his 2011 book, Oligarchy, Jeffrey A. Winters defines oligarchy as the politics of wealth defense by materially endowed actors.. In Winters' definition, massive wealth is the key factor in identifying oligarchs. Throughout history, oligarchies have been tyrannical or relatively benign.
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oligarchy Definition of oligarchy. plural. oligarchies. 1 : government by the few The corporation is ruled by oligarchy. 2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes a military oligarchy was established in the country; also : a group exercising such control An oligarchy ruled the nation.
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8. The Market Revolution Aristocracy. 1  Government by the best citizens. 2  A ruling body composed of the best citizens. 3  A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.ristocracy Quotations. I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
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Glossary An anarchical system is one in which there is no central authority to make rules, to enforce rules, or to resolve disputes about the actors in the political system. Many people believe that a system without central authority is inevitably one either of chaos or one in which the powerful prey on the weak.
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Ancient Greek Government Oligarchy. An oligarchy is a system of political power controlled by a select group of individuals, sometimes small in number but it could also include large groups. For the Greeks (or more particularly the Athenians) any system which excluded power from the whole citizen-body and was not a tyranny or monarchy was described as an oligarchy.
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Ochlocracy Ochlocracy (Greek: ὀχλοκρατία, okhlokratía; Latin: ochlocratia) or mob rule is the rule of government by mob or a mass of people, or, the intimidation of legitimate authorities.
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Government Variant of monarchy; a system of government in which two individuals, the diarchs, are the heads of state. In most diarchies, the diarchs hold their position for life and pass the responsibilities and power of the position to their children or family when they die.Diarchy is one of the oldest forms of government.very country in the world is ruled by a system of governance that combines at least 2 (or more) of the following attributes (for example, the United States is not a true capitalist society, since the government actually provides social services for its citizens).
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- autocracy noun [C/U] us / ɔˈtɑk·rə·si / › politics & government government by a single person or small group that has unlimited power or authority, or a country or society that has this form of government