The Resource What's wrong with democracy? : from Athenian practice to American worship, Loren J. Samons II
What's wrong with democracy? : from Athenian practice to American worship, Loren J. Samons II
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- Summary
- In this daring reassessment of classical Athenian democracy & its significance for the United States today, Samons firstly shows why the Athenian model was distrusted by America's founding father, before considering how the concept of democracy has now become an object of popular veneration
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 volume)
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780520236608
- Label
- What's wrong with democracy? : from Athenian practice to American worship
- Title
- What's wrong with democracy?
- Title remainder
- from Athenian practice to American worship
- Statement of responsibility
- Loren J. Samons II
- Subject
-
- Civilization -- Greek influences
- Democracy
- Democracy -- History
- Direct democracy
- Direct democracy -- Greece | Athens
- Electronic books
- Greece -- Athens
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies | Democracy
- Political culture -- United States -- History
- Representative government and representation
- Representative government and representation -- United States
- Republicanism
- Republicanism -- United States -- History
- United States
- United States -- Civilization | Greek influences
- Political culture
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this daring reassessment of classical Athenian democracy & its significance for the United States today, Samons firstly shows why the Athenian model was distrusted by America's founding father, before considering how the concept of democracy has now become an object of popular veneration
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Samons, Loren J.
- Dewey number
- 321.8
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JC421
- LC item number
- .S32 2004eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Democracy
- Direct democracy
- Republicanism
- Representative government and representation
- Political culture
- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Civilization
- Democracy
- Direct democracy
- Political culture
- Representative government and representation
- Republicanism
- Greece
- United States
- Label
- What's wrong with democracy? : from Athenian practice to American worship, Loren J. Samons II
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 56733733
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 volume)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520236608
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttsz0qw
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)56733733
- Label
- What's wrong with democracy? : from Athenian practice to American worship, Loren J. Samons II
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 56733733
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 volume)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520236608
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttsz0qw
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)56733733
Subject
- Civilization -- Greek influences
- Democracy
- Democracy -- History
- Direct democracy
- Direct democracy -- Greece | Athens
- Electronic books
- Greece -- Athens
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies | Democracy
- Political culture -- United States -- History
- Representative government and representation
- Representative government and representation -- United States
- Republicanism
- Republicanism -- United States -- History
- United States
- United States -- Civilization | Greek influences
- Political culture
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