What's wrong with democracy? : from Athenian practice to American worship / Loren J. Samons II.
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TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.Description: xx, 307 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 0520236602 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780520236608 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Democracy -- History
- Direct democracy -- Greece -- Athens
- Republicanism -- United States -- History
- Representative government and representation -- United States
- Political culture -- United States -- History
- United States -- Civilization -- Greek influences
- Democratie
- Politieke cultuur
- Democratie -- Histoire
- Democratie directe -- Gráece -- Atháenes
- Gouvernement representatif -- âEtats-Unis
- Culture politique -- Etats-Unis -- Histoire
- Republicanisme -- Etats-Unis -- Histoire
- Etats-Unis -- Civilisation -- Influence grecque
- 321.8 22
- JC 421 S191w 2004
- 89.35
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-296) and index.
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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