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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherCrabtree Publishing Company
ISBN-100778753271
ISBN-139780778753278
eBay Product ID (ePID)99678430
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhat Is an Oligarchy?
Number of Pages48 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBiography & Autobiography / Political, Biography & Autobiography / Royalty, Social Science / Politics & Government
Publication Year2012
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorJoseph K. Brennan
Book SeriesForms of Government Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight2.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Series Volume NumberNo. 5
Number of Volumes1 vol.
SynopsisThis compelling book describes the characteristics of an oligarchy, a political system in which the government's power rests with a small but highly influential segment of a society. These groups are often distinguished by their family ties, wealth, social class, profession, or military might., This compelling book describes the characteristics of an oligarchy, a political system in which the government's power rests with a small but highly influential segment of a society. These groups are often distinguished by their family ties, wealth, social class, profession, or military might. Oligrachical governments throughout history are featured to show examples of how these groups attain and keep power, as well as how they govern.