When power is held by representation Democracy These involve representation with a vote. The aim is to provide the people with as much representation as possible. The maximum amount of representation would resemble more an anarchistic system, or an Ancient Greek democratic system, which differs from a modern democracy in various ways. Modern democracies are
When power is held by a select few – Oligarchy, Military Dictatorship (Junta), Theocracy and Plutocracy. Oligarchy An Oligarchy is when the state is ruled by a select group of people, and where the general public have very limited or no influence on that selection. Either there is no election, or there is limited candidacy for
When power is held by an individual – Autocracy, Dictatorship, Monarchy Dictatorship A dictatorship refers to states ruled by an individual (who did not inherit the position) as occurred in some Greek states, including Athens for a few years. Ancient Republican Rome had a tradition of accepting a dictator for limited periods of time in
This follows the post of my thoughts on an idealistic society with no government, which could be literally defined as an anarchist state. The basis of an anarchy is the idea that there is no government, and no supreme authority. As I mentioned in the page on anarchy, this could only work if people were
How can we be governed, or how can we govern ourselves? Firstly, could we have no government? Could Anarchism work? Anarchism is derived from Ancient Greek and meant “without ruler”. According the the Merriam-Wester Dictionary Anarchism is a political theory holding all forms of governmental authority to be unnecessary and undesirable and advocating a society