Democracy in Classical Athens / Christopher Carey.

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"For two centuries classical Athens enjoyed almost uninterrupted democratic government. This was not a parliamentary democracy of the modern sort but a direct democracy in which all citizens were free to participate in the business of government. Throughout this period Athens was the cultural centre...

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Main Author: Carey, Christopher (Classicist) (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Classical world series.
Subjects:
Democracy > Greece > Athens.
Athens (Greece) > Politics and government.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
RELIGION > Ancient.
Democracy.
Politics and government.
Greece > Athens.
Physical Description:x, 181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. First Thoughts
  • 2. The Road to Democracy
  • 3. Democracy and Ideology
  • 4. The Core Bodies
  • 5. Serving the Democracy
  • 6. Religion in the Democratic City
  • 7. Local Government: The Demes
  • 8. The Democratic Landscape
  • 9. Democracy and Its Critics.