04490nam 2200769Ia 450 991045758340332120210603201418.00-520-92576-91-281-75242-897866117524221-4294-4009-00-520-93217-X1-4337-0001-810.1525/9780520932173(CKB)1000000000354369(EBL)280129(OCoLC)609987997(SSID)ssj0000216442(PQKBManifestationID)11199003(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216442(PQKBWorkID)10201503(PQKB)11453129(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055830(MiAaPQ)EBC280129(OCoLC)80171682(MdBmJHUP)muse30991(DE-B1597)520001(DE-B1597)9780520932173(Au-PeEL)EBL280129(CaPaEBR)ebr10153064(CaONFJC)MIL175242(EXLCZ)99100000000035436920060809d2007 uy 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrOrigins of democracy in ancient Greece[electronic resource] /Kurt A. Raaflaub, Josiah Ober, and Robert W. Wallace ; with chapters by Paul Cartledge and Cynthia FarrarBerkeley University of California Pressc20071 online resource (257 p.)Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature Origins of democracy in ancient GreeceDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-25809-6 0-520-24562-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --About the Authors --Chronology of Events --Abbreviations --1. Introduction --2. "People's Power" and Egalitarian Trends in Archaic Greece --3. Revolutions and a New Order in Solonian Athens and Archaic Greece --4. "I Besieged That Man": Democracy's Revolutionary Start --5. The Breakthrough of Demokratia in Mid-Fifth-Century Athens --6. Democracy, Origins of: Contribution to a Debate --7. Power to the People --Bibliography --Index of Primary Sources --General IndexThis 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.Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.DemocracyGreeceHistoryTo 1500DemocracyGreeceAthensHistoryTo 1500GreecePolitics and governmentTo 146 B.CAthens (Greece)Politics and governmentElectronic books.DemocracyHistoryDemocracyHistory320.938/5Raaflaub Kurt A154102Ober Josiah153304Wallace Robert W.1950-241186MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457583403321Origins of democracy in ancient Greece1247086UNINA