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