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Book Description: The University Press Group Ltd, United States, 2008. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 229 x 152 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. This book presents a state-of-the-art debate about the origins of Athenian democracy by five eminent scholars. The result is a stimulating, critical exploration and interpretation of the extant evidence on this intriguing and important topic. The authors address such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy 'invented' or did it evolve over a long period of time? What were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible? And what factors turned the possibility of democracy into necessity and reality? The authors first examine the conditions in early Greek society that encouraged equality and 'people's power.' They then scrutinize, in their social and political contexts, three crucial points in the evolution of democracy: the reforms connected with the names of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes in the early and late sixth and mid-fifth century. Finally, an ancient historian and a political scientist review the arguments presented in the previous chapters and add their own perspectives, asking what lessons we can draw today from the ancient democratic experience.Designed for a general readership as well as students and scholars, the book intends to provoke discussion by presenting side by side the evidence and arguments that support various explanations of the origins of democracy, thus enabling readers to join in the debate and draw their own conclusions. Bookseller Inventory # AAH9780520258099

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Book Description: University of California Press, 2008. Paperback. Book Condition: New. New book. Shipped from UK. Bookseller Inventory # WF-9780520258099

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Book Description: The University Press Group Ltd. Paperback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece, Kurt A. Raaflaub, Josiah Ober, Robert Wallace, Paul Cartledge, Cynthia Farrar, This book presents a state-of-the-art debate about the origins of Athenian democracy by five eminent scholars. The result is a stimulating, critical exploration and interpretation of the extant evidence on this intriguing and important topic. The authors address such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy 'invented' or did it evolve over a long period of time? What were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible? And what factors turned the possibility of democracy into necessity and reality? The authors first examine the conditions in early Greek society that encouraged equality and 'people's power.' They then scrutinize, in their social and political contexts, three crucial points in the evolution of democracy: the reforms connected with the names of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes in the early and late sixth and mid-fifth century. Finally, an ancient historian and a political scientist review the arguments presented in the previous chapters and add their own perspectives, asking what lessons we can draw today from the ancient democratic experience. Designed for a general readership as well as students and scholars, the book intends to provoke discussion by presenting side by side the evidence and arguments that support various explanations of the origins of democracy, thus enabling readers to join in the debate and draw their own conclusions. Bookseller Inventory # B9780520258099

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Book Description: The University Press Group Ltd University of California Press, 2008. paperback. Book Condition: New. *** NEW COPY *** TITLE SHIPPED FROM UK *** Binding paperback A balanced, high-quality analysis of the developing nature of Athenian political society and its relationship to 'democracy' as a timeless concept.--Mark Munn, author of The School of History This book presents a state-of-the-art debate about. Bookseller Inventory # 0520258096

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Book Description: Columbia And Princeton University Presses Of California, 2008. Paperback. Book Condition: Neu. 228 mm x 154 mm x 18 mm. - A balanced, high-quality analysis of the developing nature of Athenian political society and its relationship to 'democracy' as a timeless concept.--Mark Munn, author of The School of History < Englisch. Bookseller Inventory # 9780520258099

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