1 FORMS OF GOVERNMENT Government refers to the means that helps in enforcing the state policy. It acts as a mechanism that helps in determination of policy of state. The form of the government can be said to be characterized by that of power source along with the power structure of a state. This essay discusses about the differences between the various forms of the government like the monarchy, aristocracy, democracy, oligarchy along with tyranny. Within the Greek world, monarchy can said to be a rare phenomenon and it can be distinguished from that of tyranny in the event of the hereditary ruler being benevolent and serving the genuine interest of the other people (Bbc.co.uk., 2019).The famous monarchies existed in states of Macedonia along with the Epeiros when the ruler shared power with that of the assembly (Ober, 2015).The monarchy was found in ancient Greece in the event of the Mycenaeans ruling Greece during the period from 2000 to that of 1100 BC. Tyranny on the other hand can be said to be a form of the government where the rulers of the states takes the power in a manner that is unconstitutional by murdering the predecessor. The Greek tyrants were interested to look after their own interest. The place of Syracuse within Sicily was run by that of several tyrants like Dionysios from the 405 BCE along with the son Dionysios II who started ruling from that of 367 BCE. There were other rulers like Pesisistrators in Athens who was a benevolent tyrant who set the stage for democracy (Grigoriadis, 2018). Oligarchy can be said to be a system of the political power which is controlled by a selected group of the individuals. It can be said that for the Greek people, any kind of system that excluded power from that of whole citizen body can be said to be an oligarchy (Chilcote et al., 2015).Oligarchies can be statedto be the common form of that of city state government and it took place in the event of democracy not being able to function in the proper manner.
2 FORMS OF GOVERNMENT The word democracy is derived from that of Greek word demos which means that of entire citizen body. Assembly of the Athens used to meet once within a month on that of Phyx hill within a space that had the capability of accommodating 6000 citizens. The citizens accounted for around 10-20% of that of polis population out of which 3000 used to actively take part in that of politics. It can be said to be different from that of monarchy that is indicative of a system of the government within which a single ruler has got the supreme power. Government plays a crucial role for the enforcing of the state policies and it is a mechanism that determines policy of state. Monarchy can be stated to be distinguished from that of tyranny as monarchy can be said to be hereditary and it caters to the needs of the people. Tyranny is indicative of a system of government which is unconstitutional as the ruler assumesthepowerbymurderingsomeoneelse.Theformofgovernmentcalledthe democracy is controlled by the people who take an active part in the area of politics.
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