What's Wrong with Democracy? From Athenian Practice to American Worship

Name: What's Wrong with Democracy? From Athenian Practice to American Worship
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ISBN: 9780520251687

ISBN-10: 0520251687

ISBN-13: 9780520251687

Edition: 2010

Authors: Loren J. Samons, Loren J. Samons

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Fifth-century Athens is praised as the cradle of democracy and sometimes treated as a potential model for modern political theory or practice. In this daring reassessment of classical Athenian democracy and its significance for the United States today, Loren J. Samons provides ample justification for our founding fathers' distrust of democracy, a form of government they scorned precisely because of their familiarity with classical Athens. How Americans have come to embrace "democracy" in its modern form--and what the positive and negative effects have been--is an important story for all contemporary citizens. Confronting head-on many of the beliefs we hold dear but seldom question, Samons…

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/23/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 327
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


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


Bibliography