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What's wrong with democracy? : from Athenian practice to American worship / Loren J. Samons II.
LIBRA JC421 .S32 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Samons, Loren J., II
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--History.
- Democracy.
- History.
- Direct democracy--Greece--Athens.
- Direct democracy.
- Republicanism--United States--History.
- Republicanism.
- United States.
- Representative government and representation--United States.
- Representative government and representation.
- Political culture--United States--History.
- Political culture.
- United States--Civilization--Greek influences.
- Civilization.
- Greece--Athens.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2004]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-296) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520236602
- OCLC:
- 54971855
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