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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Samons, Loren J., II
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Democracy > History.
Direct democracy > Greece > Athens.
Republicanism > United States > History.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Political culture > United States > History.
Démocratie directe > Grèce > Athènes.
Républicanisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Gouvernement représentatif > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Civilization > Greek influences
Democracy
Direct democracy
Political culture
Representative government and representation
Republicanism
United States > Civilization > Greek influences.
Greece > Athens
United States
american government.
ancient greece.
athenian democracy.
athenian government.
athenian society.
choice.
classical athenian democracy.
democracy.
democratic governments.
dissent.
diversity.
elections.
foreign policy.
freedom.
government and governing.
government and religion.
government.
historical.
history.
national defense.
peloponnesian war.
political systems.
political theory.
politics.
popular vote.
public finance.
qualifications for citizenship.
religion.
united states of america.
voting.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Athenian society and government
  • Democracy and demagogues : election, voting, and qualifications for citizenship
  • Public finance : democracy and the people's purse
  • Foreign policy I : democracy imperial
  • Foreign policy II : the Peloponnesian War
  • National defense : democracy defeated
  • Democracy and religion
  • Conclusion : Socrates, Pericles, and the citizen.

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