What's Wrong with Democracy?
Subtitle: From Athenian Practice to American Worship
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: April 23, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780520251687
Subjects: Political structures: democracy; History; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Ancient Greece; Ancient - Greece; History & Theory - General; Political Ideologies - Democracy; History / Ancient / General; Ancient - General; Political
First sentence: THE HISTORY OF ATHENS DURING the period of classical democracy (ca. 507-322 B.C.) cannot be appreciated without a basic understanding of Athenian society and government.