LEADER 04490nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910457583403321 005 20210603201418.0 010 $a0-520-92576-9 010 $a1-281-75242-8 010 $a9786611752422 010 $a1-4294-4009-0 010 $a0-520-93217-X 010 $a1-4337-0001-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520932173 035 $a(CKB)1000000000354369 035 $a(EBL)280129 035 $a(OCoLC)609987997 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216442 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11199003 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216442 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10201503 035 $a(PQKB)11453129 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055830 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC280129 035 $a(OCoLC)80171682 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30991 035 $a(DE-B1597)520001 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520932173 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL280129 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10153064 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL175242 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000354369 100 $a20060809d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOrigins of democracy in ancient Greece$b[electronic resource] /$fKurt A. Raaflaub, Josiah Ober, and Robert W. Wallace ; with chapters by Paul Cartledge and Cynthia Farrar 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 0 $aJoan Palevsky imprint in classical literature Origins of democracy in ancient Greece 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-25809-6 311 0 $a0-520-24562-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAbout the Authors --$tChronology of Events --$tAbbreviations --$t1. Introduction --$t2. "People's Power" and Egalitarian Trends in Archaic Greece --$t3. Revolutions and a New Order in Solonian Athens and Archaic Greece --$t4. "I Besieged That Man": Democracy's Revolutionary Start --$t5. The Breakthrough of Demokratia in Mid-Fifth-Century Athens --$t6. Democracy, Origins of: Contribution to a Debate --$t7. Power to the People --$tBibliography --$tIndex of Primary Sources --$tGeneral Index 330 $aThis book presents a state-of-the-art debate about the origins of Athenian democracy by five eminent scholars. The result is a stimulating, critical exploration and interpretation of the extant evidence on this intriguing and important topic. The authors address such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy "invented" or did it evolve over a long period of time? What were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible? And what factors turned the possibility of democracy into necessity and reality? The authors first examine the conditions in early Greek society that encouraged equality and "people's power." They then scrutinize, in their social and political contexts, three crucial points in the evolution of democracy: the reforms connected with the names of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes in the early and late sixth and mid-fifth century. Finally, an ancient historian and a political scientist review the arguments presented in the previous chapters and add their own perspectives, asking what lessons we can draw today from the ancient democratic experience. Designed for a general readership as well as students and scholars, the book intends to provoke discussion by presenting side by side the evidence and arguments that support various explanations of the origins of democracy, thus enabling readers to join in the debate and draw their own conclusions. 410 0$aJoan Palevsky imprint in classical literature. 606 $aDemocracy$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aDemocracy$zGreece$zAthens$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aGreece$xPolitics and government$yTo 146 B.C 607 $aAthens (Greece)$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocracy$xHistory 615 0$aDemocracy$xHistory 676 $a320.938/5 700 $aRaaflaub$b Kurt A$0154102 701 $aOber$b Josiah$0153304 701 $aWallace$b Robert W.$f1950-$0241186 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457583403321 996 $aOrigins of democracy in ancient Greece$91247086 997 $aUNINA