Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens

Larry Patriquin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

100 Seiten

2015
Palgrave Pivot (Verlag)
978-1-137-50347-3 (ISBN)

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This book argues that ancient democracy did not stop at the door of economic democracy, and that ancient Athens has much to tell us about the relationship between political equality and economic equality. Athenian democracy rested on a foundation of general economic equality, which enabled citizens to challenge their exclusion from politics.

Larry Patriquin is Professor of Social Welfare and Social Development at Nipissing University, Canada. He is the author of Agrarian Capitalism and Poor Relief in England, 1500-1860: Rethinking the Origins of the Welfare State and the editor of The Ellen Meiksins Wood Reader.

1. Introduction: The Importance of Athens 2. Origins of the Polis 3. How Athenian Democracy Worked 4. Equality and Inequality 5. Elite Critics of Popular Rule 6. The End of Direct Democracy 7. Conclusion: The Key Lesson for Contemporary Democracy

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.1.2015
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, black and white; VI, 100 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-137-50347-5 / 1137503475
ISBN-13	978-1-137-50347-3 / 9781137503473
Zustand	Neuware