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OLIGARCHY. This name is given to designate the power which a few citizens of a state have usurped, which ought by the constitution to reside in the people. Among the Romans the government degenerated several times into an oligarchy; for example, under the decemvirs, when they became the only magistrates in the commonwealth. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The introduction examines Peru's contradictory and exclusionary road towards modernization, as well as the country's oligarchic state and authoritarian tradition during the time period analyzed. Freire also proposed that his "pedagogy of the oppressed" cannot be fully or generally implemented as long as oligarchic powers remained in command of society or of state institutions like mass education. The Bush administration claims it is attempting to establish a secular democratic government in Iraq, when here at home a theocracy is slowly but surely being established (and an oligarchic one at that). |
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