Democracy, monarchy and dictatorship: types of government systems
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By Haley Hine
Aristotle was the first to define three principal types of government systems in the fourth century B.C. These consisted of monarchy, aristocracy and polity. Since then, many more have been formulated, but the main themes and ideas have remained. Today, the five most common governme...
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