What is Oligarchy?
'''Oligarchy''' is a form of [[government]]. In an oligarchic system, all the power is held by a small group of people. It is usually the most powerful people who govern the [[state]]. It was used in [[Sparta]], where the kingship alternated between three leading families. Oligarchy can be a form of [[dictatorship]]. == Rule by the best == An oligarchy where ''the best'' rule is called ''[[Aristocracy]]''. == Rule by the rich == If the richest people rule the country, this is called ''[[Plutocracy]]''. == Other websites == * Online Text: Leonard Whibley, [http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/al/oligarchies/index.html ''Greek Oligarchies: Their Character and Organisation''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312233353/http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/al/oligarchies/index.html |date=2005-03-12 }} (1896), still the only full-scale treatment of oligarchy in Classical Greece. {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Forms of government]]