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Rethinking Athenian Democracy.

Cammack, Daniela Louise.

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Rethinking Athenian Democracy.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Rethinking Athenian Democracy./
作者:	Cammack, Daniela Louise.
面頁冊數:	286 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 74-06(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International74-06A(E).
標題:	Political Science, General. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3553403
ISBN:	9781267928788

Rethinking Athenian Democracy.
Cammack, Daniela Louise.

Rethinking Athenian Democracy. - 286 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 74-06(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2013.

Conventional accounts of classical Athenian democracy represent the assembly as the primary democratic institution in the Athenian political system. This looks reasonable in the light of modern democracy, which has typically developed through the democratization of legislative assemblies. Yet it conflicts with the evidence at our disposal. Our ancient sources suggest that the most significant and distinctively democratic institution in Athens was the courts, where decisions were made by large panels of randomly selected ordinary citizens with no possibility of appeal.

ISBN: 9781267928788Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017391
Political Science, General.

Rethinking Athenian Democracy.
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