POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Geron Corporation, Kleptocracy, Oligarchy
20 Jul 2013
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Convention- all party members: recently being abandoned. Emerging consensus: omov: one party member, one vote, expands selectorate. Relocating sovereignty: the people , democracy, and the legislature. Popular sovereignty: supreme political authority belongs to the people. Etymology: kratos (rule) authority/ archos (rule, government) Aristocracy: rule by the aristos (the best) Meritocracy: rule by those who claim their position on the basis of merit. Theocracy: rule by those who claim to be divinely guided (greek: theos: god) Chan closest example of a modern theocracy. Gerontocracy: rule by old men (greekl geron: old men) Kleptocracy: rule by those who enrich themselves at the expense of the community (greek: kleptein: to steal) Bureaucracy: rule by administrative office: by number. Autocracy: rule by oneself (i. e. monarch with unlimited power) President of france and the spanish bishop. Oligarchy: rule of the few (the oliges) Democracy: rule by the demos (the many) or the people.
