Athenian democracy
P. J. Rhodes (Editor)
"Athens' democracy developed during the sixth and fifth centuries and continued into the fourth; Athens' defeat by Macedon in 322 began a series of alternations between democracy and oligarchy. The democracy was inseparably bound up with the ideals of liberty and equality, the rule of law, and the direct government of the people by the people. Liberty meant above all freedom of speech, the right to be heard in the public assembly and the right to speak one's mind in private. Equality meant the equal right of the male citizens (perhaps 60,000 in the fifth century, 30,000 in the fourth) to participate in the government of the state and the administration of the law. Disapproved of as mob rule until the nineteenth century, the institutions of Athenian democracy have become an inspiration for modern democratic politics and political philosophy"-- Provided by publisher
History
1 online resource (xiv, 358 pages) : maps.
9781474471985, 1474471986
1145663789
Part I. Political institutions
1. Athenian citizenship : the descent group and the alternatives / John K. Davies
2. How did the Athenian Ecclesia vote? / Mogens Herman Hansen
3. Aristotle, the Kleroteria, and the courts / Sterling Dow
4. Jury pay and assembly pay at Athens / M.M. Markle
5. Capital punishment / Louis Gernet
Part II. Political activity
6. Athenian demagogues / M.I. Finley
7. Political activity in classical Athens / P.J. Rhodes
8. Competitive festivals and the polis : a context for dramatic festivals at Athens / Robin Osborne
9. Public and private interests in classical Athens / S.C. Humphreys
Part III. Moments in history
10. How a political myth takes shape : Solon, 'founding father' of the Athenian democracy / Claude Mosse
11. The Athenian Revolution of 508/7 B.C. : violence, authority, and the origins of democracy / Josiah Ober
12. Cleisthenes and Attica / David M. Lewis
13. Ephialtes, Eisangelia, and the council / Raphael Sealey
Part IV. A view of democracy
14. The Greeks : the political revolution in world history / Christian Meier