What's wrong with democracy? [electronic resource] : from Athenian practice to American worship / Loren J. Samons II.

By: Samons, Loren JContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004Description: xx, 307 pSubject(s): Democracy -- History | Direct democracy -- Greece -- Athens | Representative government and representation -- United States | Political culture -- United States -- History | Republicanism -- United States -- History | United States -- Civilization -- Greek influencesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 321.8 LOC classification: JC421 | .S32 2004Online resources: Click to View
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.
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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.

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