What's wrong with democracy? : from Athenian practice to American worship

What's wrong with democracy? : from Athenian practice to American worship /

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...

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Main Author: Samons, Loren J., II
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004
Subjects:
Democracy > History.
Direct democracy > Greece > Athens.
Republicanism > United States > History.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Political culture > United States > History.
United States > Civilization > Greek influences.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central

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