BOOK IV

i The Tasks of Political Theory

ii Constitutions Placed in Order of Merit

iii Why There are Several Constitutions

iv The Parts of the State and the Classification of Democracies

Definitions of Democracy and Oligarchy

The Parts of the State, and Resulting Variety among Constitutions (1)

Plato on the Parts of the State

The Parts of the State, and Resulting Variety among Constitutions (2)

Varieties of Democracy

v The Classification of Oligarchies

vi Four Types of Democracy and Four of Oligarchy

vii Varieties of Aristocracy

viii Polity Distinguished from Aristocracy

ix Polity as a Mixture of Oligarchy and Democracy

x Three Forms of Tyranny

xi The Merits of the Middle Constitution

xii Why Democrats and Oligarchs Should Cultivate the Middle Ground

xiii Right and Wrong Stratagems to Ensure a Majority for the Constitution

xiv The Deliberative Element in the Constitution

xv The Executive Element in the Constitution

xvi The Judicial Element in the Constitution