ISBN:
141754533X
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9781417545339
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9780520940901
,
0520940903
Language:
English
Pages:
1 volume
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2004 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Parallel Title:
Print version What's wrong with democracy?
Keywords:
Democracy History.
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Direct democracy
;
Representative government and representation
;
Political culture History.
;
Democracy History
;
Direct democracy Greece
;
Athens
;
Republicanism History
;
United States
;
Representative government and representation United States
;
Political culture History
;
United States
;
Democracy History
;
Direct democracy
;
Republicanism History
;
Representative government and representation
;
Political culture History
;
Representative government and representation
;
Political culture History
;
Republicanism History
;
Direct democracy
;
Democracy History
;
Democracy History.
;
Direct democracy
;
Representative government and representation
;
Political culture History.
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; History & Theory
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Civilization ; Greek influences
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Democracy
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Direct democracy
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Political culture
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Representative government and representation
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Republicanism
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Ideologies ; Democracy
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History
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Demokratie
;
Rezeption
;
Republicanism History.
;
United States Civilization
;
Greek influences.
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United States Civilization
;
Greek influences
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Greece
;
Athens
;
United States
;
United States Civilization
;
Greek influences
;
United States Civilization
;
Greek influences
;
Republicanism History.
;
United States Civilization
;
Greek influences.
;
Greece ; Athens
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United States
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Griechenland
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USA
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books History
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Griechenland
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Demokratie
;
Rezeption
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USA
;
Griechenland
;
Demokratie
;
Rezeption
;
USA
Abstract:
In this daring reassessment of classical Athenian democracy & its significance for the United States today, Samons firstly shows why the Athenian model was distrusted by America's founding father, before considering how the concept of democracy has now become an object of popular veneration
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of 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
Description / Table of Contents:
IntroductionAthenian 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2004
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