POLS 320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Timocracy, Demagogue, Peisistratos
28 Oct 2020
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Especially fragile: success of monarchies ultimately depend on the personal qualities of the monarch. Easily corrupted and can change into other constitutional forms. It"s also very easy for monarchies to emerge from other non-monarchical forms of state. A lawful king who starts to ignore law and custom. Excessive inequalities of wealth and status, wealth concentrated in one person. So, to understand the political dynamics of change, we need a theory of constitutional change, not just for monarchies, but all states. Changes of state: aristotle"s theory of constitutional change. History of greek politics is a history of political instability and sudden change. (but not always - e. g. sparta"s long- lasting constitution) Deterministic" theories: marx"s theory of communist revolution: Marx argues that transformation of the capitalism state into communism (via communist revolution) is historically inevitable and necessary, given the internal contradictions" of capitalism. Plato"s theory of constitutional change: plato argues that the corruption of the kallipolis will necessary.
