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"For the real difference between democracy and oligarchy is poverty and wealth. Wherever men rule by reason of their wealth, whether they be few or many, that is an oligarchy, and when the poor rule, that is a democracy. "
This is from Politics by Aristotle (Forms of Government Book III, Chapters 7-8, last paragraph).
What else can I help you with?
What two criteria did Aristotle used to describe difference between democracy and oligarchy?
Aristotle used wealth and birth as criteria to differentiate between democracy and oligarchy. In a democracy, political power is held by the poor majority, while in an oligarchy, power is held by the wealthy few.
What is the difference between a representative democracy and a oligarchy?
Democracy is (theoretically) governed by all of the people. An oligarchy is ruled by a small group of people... as "oli-" means "few." Some might argue that the broken democratic system of the US is creating a specific type of oligarchy called a plutocracy, which is when the wealthy rule.
What is the difference between oligarchy and democracy?
Democracy- a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. Oligarchy- a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few. Got it?(:
How can the ancient Athens government be classified?
Over a period of a thousand years it went from Monarchy to Oligarchy to Tyranny to Oligarchy to Limited Democracy to Direct Democracy to broad-based Oligarchy to Direct Democracy to Oligarchy to Direct Democracy etc etc.
Who ruled the city state of athen?
First a king, then an aristocracy, then a tyrant, then a democracy, then an oligarchy, then a democracy, then an oligarchy, then a democracy, then a king.
Why are the type of governments of Athens from earliest to latest?
Monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, limited democracy, radical democracy, oligarchy, limited democracy,.
Was Athens democratic or authoritarian?
It started as a monarchy, became an oligarchy, then a tyranny, then limited democracy, then an oligarchy, then a radical democracy, then a limited democracy.
What does a oligarchy stand for?
Government by a group; and not by a monarch. democracy is an oligarchy.
What does oligarchy stands for?
Government by a group; and not by a monarch. democracy is an oligarchy.
What are the strengths of the government of Ancient Athens?
It started as a monarchy, became an oligarchy, then a tyranny, then limited democracy, then an oligarchy, then a radical democracy, then a limited democracy.
What is a governor democracy?
oligarchy
Was Sparta under an Oligarchy or a Democracy?
The Spartan governent was a fusion of monarchy (the kings), oligarchy (the Gerousia) and democracy (the assembly/Ecclesia).
