The birth of politics
Subtitle: eight Greek and Roman political ideas and why they matter
By: Melissa Lane
Contributors: Lane, M. S. (Melissa S.).
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780691166476; 9780691173092
Subjects: Political science; History
Other titles: Eight Greek and Roman political ideas and why they matter
Description: "[An introduction] to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democrary, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire...[Lane] focuses on eight political ideas from the Greco-Roman world that are especially influential today...and describes how the ancient formulations of these ideas often challenge widely held modern assumptions"--From publisher description on book jacket.
Notes: "First published in the United Kingdom as Greek and Roman political ideas"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Possibilities of power and purpose; title: Justice; title: Constitution; title: Democracy; title: Virtue; title: Citizenship; title: Cosmopolitanism; title: Republic; title: Soverignty; title: Conclusion: Futures of Greek and Roman pasts; title: Acknowledgements; title: Glossary; title: Athens map key; title: Brief biographies of key persons, events and places; title: Reference lists and abbreviations.