What's Wrong with Democracy? : From Athenian Practice to American Worship /

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In this daring reassessment of classical Athenian democracy & its significance for the United States today, Samons firstly shows why the Athenian model was distrusted by America's founding father, before considering how the concept of democracy has now become an object of popular veneration...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Samons, Loren J., II
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Republicanism.
Representative government and representation.
Political culture.
Direct democracy.
Democracy.
Civilization > Greek influences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Gouvernement representatif > États-Unis.
Republicanisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Democratie directe > Grece > Athenes.
Political culture > United States > History.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Republicanism > United States > History.
Direct democracy > Greece > Athens.
Democracy > History.
United States.
Greece > Athens.
United States > Civilization > Greek influences.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this daring reassessment of classical Athenian democracy & its significance for the United States today, Samons firstly shows why the Athenian model was distrusted by America's founding father, before considering how the concept of democracy has now become an object of popular veneration.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (327 pages).
ISBN:9780520940901

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