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Toivo Koivukoski Political Science, Nipissing University, North Bay, Canada

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<sup>17</sup> Consider, for example, the portrayal of democracy in Plato's *Republic*, at 359a-c, where the masses form agreements amongst themselves on what is just so that they are not dominated by a wealthy few. For more on the tensions between democracy and oligarchy, originally expressed in classical political theory and adapted to contemporary global politics, see on [28].

*Perspective Chapter: Options to Violence in Mass Movements – A Prospectus for Mobilization DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.106381*
