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What is oligarchy?

Oligarchy is a small government in which only wealthy, militar, and politics are the ones who rule. Oligarchy comes from the Greek words in which "oligos" means few and archo means "to rule". Some political theosists have afirmed that in every society there is an oligarchy supported by the politics. Oligarchy is a form of power structure in which few people are the ones who decide. The book of Jeffrey A. Winters "Oligarchy" he defines oligarchy as "the politics of wealth defense by materially endowed actors."

Some specific examples of societies that had been ruled by oligarchy are:



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wiseGEEK. 2013. What Is an Oligarchy?. [línea] Recuperado de: http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-an-oligarchy.htm [Accessed: 13 Sep 2013].