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Oligarchy and Meritocracy: Who Really Runs Democratic Societies?
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<!-- audittags: "mechanism","civic" --> What Is Oligarchy? Defining a Contested Concept The word oligarchy comes from Greek oligoi (few) and arkhein (to rule) — literally "rule by the few." Aristotle in the Politics (Book III) distinguished oligarchy from aristocracy: aristocracy was rule by the…
Inhaltsübersicht
- What Is Oligarchy? Defining a Contested Concept
- What Is Meritocracy? The Philosophical Debate
- The Evidence: Wealth, Influence, and Mobility
- Are Modern Democracies Oligarchies in Disguise? Two Serious Views
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