What's Wrong with Democracy? From Athenian Practice to American Worship
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: November 29, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780520236608
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Political structures: democracy; Representative government and representation; History; Democracy; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Ancient Greece; History & Theory - General; Ancient - Greece; Political Ideologies - Democracy; History / Ancient / General; Athens; United States; Ancient - General; Direct democracy; Greece
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.