POLS1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Atomism, Ethnic Nationalism, Nationstates
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B a(cid:374)de(cid:396)so(cid:374: emergence of mass societies also created: Common print media, common languages: popular rule. What sort of rule: plato(cid:859)s fi(cid:448)e t(cid:455)pes of (cid:396)ule: Aristocracy: rule by the good [philosopher king] Timocracy/plutocracy: rule by landowners/those motivated by wealth. Oligarchy: rule by the few [with the recent rise of companies, there is a strong argument that modern society is ruled in an oligarchy] Democracy: rule by all: three forms of popular rule: Republicanism: rights and the common good [does not mean a country without a monarch in this sense] Adult, free men could participate as citizens. Voters in assembly and positions of public office. Poor and rich could participate and were even compensated to attend if too poor to otherwise afford it. (cid:858)de(cid:373)os(cid:859) (cid:449)e(cid:396)e the (cid:373)asses, u(cid:374)edu(cid:272)ated. No guarantees however of freedom of speech, etc. This form of government was frequently involved in wars and eventually fell to the macedonian empire.
