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What's wrong with democracy? from Athenian practice to American worship /

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Autore principale: Samons, Loren J.
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
Soggetti:
Democracy > History.
Direct democracy > Greece > Athens.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Political culture > United States > History.
Republicanism > United States > History.
United States > Civilization > Greek influences.
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Sommario:
  • 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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