A companion to Greek democracy and the Roman republic / / edited by Dean Hammer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910132341803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-118-87835-3; 1-118-87834-5; 1-118-87818-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (552 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
• Disciplina: 320.0938
• Soggetti: Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C; Rome Politics and government 265-30 B.C; Greece Economic conditions To 146 B.C; Rome Economic conditions 510-30 B.C
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Reading the Past (On Comparison); References; Further Reading; Part I The Emergence of Participatory Communities; Chapter 2 Why Greek Democracy? Its Emergence and Nature in Context; 1 Introduction, Questions, Sources; 2 Foundations and Early Stages: The Eighth and Early Seventh Centuries; 3 From Civil Strife to Civic Integration: The Formalization of Institutions in the Late Seventh and Sixth Centuries; 4 Sparta's "Great Rhetra," the Sovereignty of the Dēmos, and the Restoration of Eunomia; 5 Solon's Reforms in Athens, the Restoration of Eunomia, and the Institutionalization of Civic Responsibility6 Isonomia and the Integration of the Athenian Polis in the Late Sixth Century; 7 Eunomia, Isonomia, and Democracy; 8 The Emergence of Fully Participatory Democracy in Mid-Fifth-Century Athens; 9 Participatory Democracy at Its Height; 10 Greek Democracy and Roman Republicanism: Elements of a Comparison; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3 Why Roman ; Republicanism? Its Emergence and Nature in Context; 1 Introduction and Sources; 2 Urbanization, State Formation and Aristocratic Clans, c.900-500 BCE3 Kingship in Rome; 4 Foundation of the Republic, c.509 BCE; 5 Developments in Roman Republicanism, c.500-300 BCE: A Response to Internal and External Pressures; 6 Nobilitas, Republicanism, and the Conquest of Italy and Sicily, c.300-241 BCE; 7 Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Part II Constructing a Past; Chapter 4 Autochthony and Identity in Greek Myth; 1 Introduction; 2 The Land; 3 The Sea; 4 Plato and the Construction of the Past; 5 Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Chapter 5 Agriculture and Identity in Roman Myth1 Introduction; 2 Ideology and Agrarian Writing: The Scholarship; 3 The Cincinnatus Story and the Roman Meal; 4 The Context and Structure of the Cincinnatus Story; 5 Topography: Rus et Urbs; 6 Farming, Food Production, and Economics; 7 Farming, Authority, and Age; 8 How the Motifs and Values of Part I Affect the Interpretation of Part II; 9 The Roman Meal as an Expression of Roman Values; 10 Conclusion; Notes; References; Further Reading; Part III Dēmokratia and Res Publica; Chapter 6 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in Greek Participatory Communities1 Authority in Greek Communities before State Formation; 2 The Authority of Statute Law in Archaic Greece; 3 Democratic Citizen Agency as a Performance of Freedom and Equality; 4 Freedom and the Autonomy of Greek States; 5 From Greece to Rome; References; Further Reading; Chapter 7 Liberty, Equality, and Authority: A Political Discourse in the Later Roman Republic; 1 Liberty; 2 Equality; 3 Authority; 4 Concluding Reflections; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading; Part IV Institutions; Chapter 8 The Congruence of Power: Ruling and Being Ruled in Greek Participatory Communities
• Sommario/riassunto: A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic offers a comparative approach to examining ancient Greek and Roman participatory communities. Explores various aspects of participatory communities through pairs of chapters-one Greek, one Roman-to highlight comparisons between culturesExamines the types of relationships that sustained participatory communities, the challenges they faced, and how they respondedSheds new light on participatory contexts using diverse methodological approaches Brings an international array of scholars into dialogue with each other

Settlement dynamics and regional diversity in ancient Upper Galilee : archaeological survey of Upper Galilee / / Rafael Frankel [and others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910765436003321
• Autore: Frankel Rafael
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Jerusalem : , : Israel Antiquities Authority, , ©2001
• ISBN: 965-406-553-3
• Collana: IAA reports ; ; no. 14
• Soggetti: Excavations (Archaeology) - Israel - Galilee
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

A theory of employment systems : micro-foundations of societal diversity / / David Marsden

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910583572703321
• Autore: Marsden David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
• ISBN: 019152221X; 9780191522215; 0-19-152221-X; 1-281-97068-9; 9786611970680; 0-19-829422-0; 0-19-159661-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xvi, 298 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 658.3/06
• Soggetti: Job analysis; Occupations; Diversity in the workplace
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-290) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: A Theory of Employment Systems -- 1. The Employment Relationship -- Employment Systems -- Incompleteness of the Employment Contract -- Defining the 'Acceptable Set' of Tasks -- Use of Classification Criteria to Assign Tasks to Jobs -- The Function of Job Classification Systems -- Two Potential Objections to the Argument -- Insights from the Historical Rise of the Employment Relationship -- Conclusion -- 2. The Limits of Managerial Authority -- Introduction -- Transaction Rules and the Employment Relation -- Examples of Each Type of Task Allocation Rule -- How each Rule Deals with Different Kinds of Opportunism -- Conclusion -- 3. Diffusion and Predominance of Employment Rules -- Introduction -- Task Allocation Rules as Partial 'Evolutionarily Stable Strategies' -- Predominance of Individual Transaction Rules -- The Need for Inter-firm Institutions -- Conclusion: Evolutionarily Stable Strategies and Labour Institutions -- 4. Classification Rules and the Consolidation of Employment Systems -- Introduction -- A Theory of Job Classification -- Some Lessons from Occupational Classifications used in Earnings Statistics -- Labour Market Conventions and Job Classifications -- Some Comparative Evidence on Classifications and their Diffusion -- The Role of Institutions in Diffusing Classification Rules -- Employment Systems: Integrating Transaction Rules and Inter-firm Institutions -- Part II: Evidence and Personnel Management Implications -- 5. Societal Diversity of Employment Systems: Comparative Evidence -- Some Evidence of Inter-country Differences in Employment Systems -- Production Versus Training Approach: Key Indicators -- Task-oriented versus Function-oriented Approach: Key Indicators -- Diffusion of Main Employment Systems -- Conclusion -- 6. Performance Management -- Introduction.; The Inherent Difficulties of Performance Measurement -- Mutual Distrust and Performance Management -- Some Conventionally Used Performance Criteria -- How the Contractual Constraints Shape Performance Criteria -- Moral Hazard, Transaction Rules and Performance Criteria -- Conclusion: Societal Influences on Performance Criteria -- Appendix 1 Some Examples of Criteria Used in Performance Appraisal -- Appendix 2 Transaction Rules and Performance Standards -- 7. Pay and Incentives -- A Theory of Pay and Classifications -- Price as a Rule and 'Rate for the Job' -- Rate-for-the-Job Classification and Pay for Performance -- Hierarchical versus Occupational Classifications and Pay Structures -- Conclusion -- 8. Skills and Labour Market Structure -- Introduction -- Effects of the Production and Training Approaches on Labour Market Structure -- Approaches to Enforceability and Functional Flexibility -- Institutionalization of Transaction rules by OLMs and ILMs -- Monopsony and Secondary Labour Markets -- Employment and Self-employment -- Conclusions -- Part III: Conclusions -- 9. Employment Systems and the Theory of the Firm: Societal Diversity -- Introduction -- Transaction Costs, Opportunism and Knowledge -- Flexibility, Productivity and Skills -- The Quality of Trust and Cooperation within the Firm -- The Role of Inter-firm Institutions -- Societal Diversity of Employment Systems -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: A Theory of Employment Systems provides an analysis of employment systems in leading industrialized countries at both macro and micro levels. In doing so, the author reviews the major theories of the firm in management studies and economics, and links these to company level employment practices. The book offers a clear framework for ; classifying employment systems and will be essential reading for advanced students of Human Resource Management and IndustrialRelations.