What's wrong with democracy? from Athenian practice to American worship /

Samons, Loren J.

What's wrong with democracy? from Athenian practice to American worship / [electronic resource] : Loren J. Samons II. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. - xx, 307 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.




Democracy--History.
Direct democracy--Greece--Athens.
Representative government and representation--United States.
Political culture--History.--United States
Republicanism--History.--United States


United States--Civilization--Greek influences.


Electronic books.

JC421 / .S32 2004

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