What's wrong with democracy? from Athenian practice to American worship /
| Main Author: | Samons, Loren J. |
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| Corporate Authors: | ebrary, Inc. |
| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2004.
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| Online Access: |
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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.