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The term plutocracy is generally used as a pejorative to describe or warn against an undesirable condition. [3] [4] Throughout history, political thinkers and philosophers have condemned plutocrats for ignoring their social responsibilities, using their power to serve their own purposes and thereby increasing poverty and nurturing class conflict and corrupting societies with greed and hedonism.
Meritocracy (merit, from Latin mereō, and -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος kratos 'strength, power') is the notion of a political system in which economic goods or political power are vested in individual people based on ability and talent, rather than wealth or social class. [1]
Majority rule or parliamentary sovereignty vs. bill of rights or arbitrary rules with separation of powers and supermajority rules to prevent tyranny of the majority and protect minority rights; Rule according to higher law (unwritten ethical principles) vs. written constitutionalism; Separation of church and state or free church vs. state religion
Academic research published in Administrative Science Quarterly in 2010 found that when organizations promote meritocracy as part of their culture, ...
Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other U.S. state except Texas. Among all counties, 149 of them are governed by a committee made of between three and eleven commissioners. The other 10 counties are overseen by a single commissioner.
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Alvin V. Sellen 1909–1910 3rd Appling, John A. Cromartie 1911–1912 3rd Appling, G. W. Taylor 1913–1914; 1921–1922 3rd (1st term), 46th (2nd term) Appling, Bacon (1st term); Bacon, (2nd term) James R. Thomas 1915–1917 3rd Appling, Bacon James B. Moore 1917–1918 3rd Appling, Bacon Z. W. Kirkand 1919–1920 3rd Appling, James R. Thomas
The lone CFP first-round game on Friday, Dec. 20 is No. 10 seed Indiana at No. 7 seed Notre Dame at 8 p.m. ET inside Notre Dame Stadium — which also happens to be the first meeting between the ...