Aristotle and His Classification of Government

There are many ways to classify systems of government, but this is one of the more noteworthy. It was developed by Aristotle in his book Politics. 

- Aristotle.

- Politics. 

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Here are a few other videos that might also help clarify these categories.

- Aristotle's Classification of States as Monarchy, Tyranny, Aristocracy, Oligarchy, Polity, Democracy.

- Types of Government by Aristotle.

- POLITICAL SYSTEMS 101: Basic Forms of Government Explained.

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For More: 

- Monarchy 
- Tyranny
- Aristocracy 
- Oligarchy 
- Polity
- Democracy

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Two General Types of Democracy: 

- Direct - Pure - Democracy: People rule directly.

- Indirect - Representative - Democracy: People rule indirectly through representatives.