Oligarchic government - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Collapse Mark as Read RE: Democracy defined &rea Decker Email this Author 7/17/2016 8:25:45 AM Webster's Dictionary defines democracy as "a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people & exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections"(Merriam-Webster, 2016). In the U.S. today, we strive to believe that we live in an egalitarian system. However, the example of Oligarchy given by Plato is more cl...

Question 1 Correct 4.00 points out of 4.00 Flag question Question text Which of the following has democracy come to mean in practice? Select one: a. pluralistic government through the combination of popularly elected representatives and the influence of interest groups b. oligarchic government through a legislature chosen through popular election c. elitist control through interest group politics d. pluralism through the election of representatives and the influence of corporate inter...