Aeschines and Athenian politics / / Edward M. Harris |
Autore | Harris Edward M (Monroe) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 938/.07 |
Soggetto topico | Democracy - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-44346-4
0-19-535950-X 1-60129-928-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction; 1. Whom to Believe?; 2. Family, Early Career, and Start in Politics; 3. Getting to Know Philip; 4. Peace at Last; 5. The End of the Third Sacred War; 6. Entre Deux Guerres; 7. Decline and Exit; 8. Conclusion; APPENDICES; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450420603321 |
Harris Edward M (Monroe)
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1995 | ||
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Aeschines and Athenian politics / / Edward M. Harris |
Autore | Harris Edward M (Monroe) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 938/.07 |
Soggetto topico | Democracy - History |
ISBN |
0-19-770422-0
1-280-44346-4 0-19-535950-X 1-60129-928-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction; 1. Whom to Believe?; 2. Family, Early Career, and Start in Politics; 3. Getting to Know Philip; 4. Peace at Last; 5. The End of the Third Sacred War; 6. Entre Deux Guerres; 7. Decline and Exit; 8. Conclusion; APPENDICES; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783365703321 |
Harris Edward M (Monroe)
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1995 | ||
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After Tocqueville : the promise and failure of democracy / / Chilton Williamson |
Autore | Williamson Chilton |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, Delaware : , : Intercollegiate Studies Institute, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - History
Democracy - Philosophy Political science - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4976-2078-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461696403321 |
Williamson Chilton
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Wilmington, Delaware : , : Intercollegiate Studies Institute, , 2012 | ||
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After Tocqueville : the promise and failure of democracy / / Chilton Williamson |
Autore | Williamson Chilton |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, Delaware : , : Intercollegiate Studies Institute, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - History
Democracy - Philosophy Political science - History |
ISBN | 1-4976-2078-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797536003321 |
Williamson Chilton
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Wilmington, Delaware : , : Intercollegiate Studies Institute, , 2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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After Tocqueville : the promise and failure of democracy / / Chilton Williamson |
Autore | Williamson Chilton |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wilmington, Delaware : , : Intercollegiate Studies Institute, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - History
Democracy - Philosophy Political science - History |
ISBN | 1-4976-2078-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813723303321 |
Williamson Chilton
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Wilmington, Delaware : , : Intercollegiate Studies Institute, , 2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Athens on trial [[electronic resource] ] : the antidemocratic tradition in Western thought / / Jennifer Tolbert Roberts |
Autore | Roberts Jennifer Tolbert <1947-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (426 p.) |
Disciplina | 321.8/0938/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Greece - Athens - History
Democracy - History Political science - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4008-1768-4
1-283-30326-4 1-4008-1310-7 9786613303264 1-4008-2132-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Chapter One: Introduction -- PART ONE: CLASSICAL GREECE -- Chapter Two. The Athenian Experiment -- Chapter Three. The First Attacks on Athenian Democracy -- Chapter Four. Democracy and the Philosophers -- PART TWO: PLAYING WITH THE PAST -- Introduction -- Chapter Five. Roman Adaptations -- Chapter Six. Recovering the Greeks -- Chapter Seven. Monarchists and Republicans -- Chapter Eight. The Debate over Athens and Sparta -- Chapter Nine. Athenian Democracy in the Age of Revolutions -- Chapter Ten. A Shift in the Sands -- PART THREE: MODERN TRANSFORMATIONS -- Chapter Eleven. The Turning of the Tide -- Chapter Twelve. Athenians and Others -- Chapter Thirteen. Epilogue: The Old and the New -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457867503321 |
Roberts Jennifer Tolbert <1947->
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1994 | ||
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Athens on trial : the antidemocratic tradition in Western thought / / Jennifer Tolbert Roberts |
Autore | Roberts Jennifer Tolbert <1947-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 405 pages) |
Disciplina | 321.8/0938/5 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Greece - Athens - History
Democracy - History Political science - History |
ISBN |
1-4008-1768-4
1-283-30326-4 1-4008-1310-7 9786613303264 1-4008-2132-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Chapter One: Introduction -- PART ONE: CLASSICAL GREECE -- Chapter Two. The Athenian Experiment -- Chapter Three. The First Attacks on Athenian Democracy -- Chapter Four. Democracy and the Philosophers -- PART TWO: PLAYING WITH THE PAST -- Introduction -- Chapter Five. Roman Adaptations -- Chapter Six. Recovering the Greeks -- Chapter Seven. Monarchists and Republicans -- Chapter Eight. The Debate over Athens and Sparta -- Chapter Nine. Athenian Democracy in the Age of Revolutions -- Chapter Ten. A Shift in the Sands -- PART THREE: MODERN TRANSFORMATIONS -- Chapter Eleven. The Turning of the Tide -- Chapter Twelve. Athenians and Others -- Chapter Thirteen. Epilogue: The Old and the New -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781558203321 |
Roberts Jennifer Tolbert <1947->
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Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1994 | ||
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Beasts and Gods : how democracy changed its meaning and lost its purpose / / Roslyn Fuller |
Autore | Fuller Roslyn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Zed Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (426 p.) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico | Democracy - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-78360-544-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460502103321 |
Fuller Roslyn
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London : , : Zed Books, , 2015 | ||
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Beasts and Gods : how democracy changed its meaning and lost its purpose / / Roslyn Fuller |
Autore | Fuller Roslyn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (426 p.) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy
Democracy - History Political structures: democracy |
ISBN |
1-350-21860-X
1-78360-544-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Beasts and Gods -- Introduction: What Is Democracy? -- Part I -- 1: Democracy in Athens: People Power is Born -- How Athenian Democracy Worked -- Random Power: The Key to Democratic Success in Athens -- 2: The Myth of Representation -- First-Past-the-Post: The Winner Takes It All -- Other Electoral Systems -- Modern Democracy as Symbolic Democracy -- 3: Buying and Selling Elections -- The High Cost of Campaigning -- You Get What You Pay for: The Vicious Circle of Political Donations and Government Action -- A Fistful of Euros: Buying Irish Local Elections -- Representative Democracy: Second Place is the First Loser -- Why Referenda Fail -- Why Regulation Fails -- Elections: The Perfect Habitat for Manipulation -- 4: Participation: Bought In or Locked Out? -- The Struggle to Participate in Modern Democracy -- Participation in Modern Democracy: Running to Stand Still -- The Athenian View on Participation -- Different But (More) Equal: Decision-Making in Athens -- From Ancient Duty to Modern Privilege -- 5: Modern Democracy and the International System: A Perfect Storm -- The United Nations -- The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund -- At the International Casino the House Always Wins -- 6: Non-Governmental Organizations and the Civil Society Chimera -- The Nature of Modern NGOs: Charity Begins in the Boardroom -- The Dark Underbelly of NGO Lobbying: Roundtables, Drugs and Lots of Cash -- Representative Democracy and the International System: Fertile Ground for Oligarchy -- 7: How Did Things Get to Be This Way? The Roman Republican System and the Founding Fathers of America -- Roman Politics: Déjà Vu -- All Sizzle and No Steak: The Roman System Rots at the Core.
Forgotten Fathers: Anti-Federalists, Republicans and the Battle for the US Constitution -- Part II -- 8: The Way Forward: Digital Democracy -- The Long-Term Dangers of Electoral Democracy -- Why International Power Cannot Fix Democracy -- Digital Democracy Takes Off: Citizens' Budgets and Crowdsourced Constitutions -- The Next Frontier: Online Decisions with Loomio and DemocracyOS -- 9: Disinformed is Disenfranchised: Why Taming Mass Media is a Necessary Step Towards Democracy -- The Medium and the Message: How Communication Methods Affect Decision-Making -- Using Mass Media to Guide Public Discourse -- The Meaning of Mass Media for Democracy -- Battlefield Internet: How Many Soldiers Does It Take to Run a Facebook Account? -- Reclaiming the Narrative by Funding Massive Participation Instead of Mass Media -- Mass Media: The Single Biggest Threat to Democracy -- 10: Democracy and Dissent: The Balance Between Individual and Community -- The Truth about Individual Rights in Athens -- Fact is Stranger than Fiction: The Extraordinary Trial of Socrates -- Protecting Democracy from Dissenters -- A Fragile Balance: The Economy, the Rule of Law and Democracy -- Rebalancing the Economy Today -- The Old Bugbear: Tyranny of the Majority -- Community and the Individual: Yin and Yang -- 11: Direct Democracy Today: Cutting the Gordian Knot -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797844803321 |
Fuller Roslyn
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beasts and Gods : how democracy changed its meaning and lost its purpose / / Roslyn Fuller |
Autore | Fuller Roslyn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (426 p.) |
Disciplina | 321.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy
Democracy - History Political structures: democracy |
ISBN |
1-350-21860-X
1-78360-544-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Beasts and Gods -- Introduction: What Is Democracy? -- Part I -- 1: Democracy in Athens: People Power is Born -- How Athenian Democracy Worked -- Random Power: The Key to Democratic Success in Athens -- 2: The Myth of Representation -- First-Past-the-Post: The Winner Takes It All -- Other Electoral Systems -- Modern Democracy as Symbolic Democracy -- 3: Buying and Selling Elections -- The High Cost of Campaigning -- You Get What You Pay for: The Vicious Circle of Political Donations and Government Action -- A Fistful of Euros: Buying Irish Local Elections -- Representative Democracy: Second Place is the First Loser -- Why Referenda Fail -- Why Regulation Fails -- Elections: The Perfect Habitat for Manipulation -- 4: Participation: Bought In or Locked Out? -- The Struggle to Participate in Modern Democracy -- Participation in Modern Democracy: Running to Stand Still -- The Athenian View on Participation -- Different But (More) Equal: Decision-Making in Athens -- From Ancient Duty to Modern Privilege -- 5: Modern Democracy and the International System: A Perfect Storm -- The United Nations -- The World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund -- At the International Casino the House Always Wins -- 6: Non-Governmental Organizations and the Civil Society Chimera -- The Nature of Modern NGOs: Charity Begins in the Boardroom -- The Dark Underbelly of NGO Lobbying: Roundtables, Drugs and Lots of Cash -- Representative Democracy and the International System: Fertile Ground for Oligarchy -- 7: How Did Things Get to Be This Way? The Roman Republican System and the Founding Fathers of America -- Roman Politics: Déjà Vu -- All Sizzle and No Steak: The Roman System Rots at the Core.
Forgotten Fathers: Anti-Federalists, Republicans and the Battle for the US Constitution -- Part II -- 8: The Way Forward: Digital Democracy -- The Long-Term Dangers of Electoral Democracy -- Why International Power Cannot Fix Democracy -- Digital Democracy Takes Off: Citizens' Budgets and Crowdsourced Constitutions -- The Next Frontier: Online Decisions with Loomio and DemocracyOS -- 9: Disinformed is Disenfranchised: Why Taming Mass Media is a Necessary Step Towards Democracy -- The Medium and the Message: How Communication Methods Affect Decision-Making -- Using Mass Media to Guide Public Discourse -- The Meaning of Mass Media for Democracy -- Battlefield Internet: How Many Soldiers Does It Take to Run a Facebook Account? -- Reclaiming the Narrative by Funding Massive Participation Instead of Mass Media -- Mass Media: The Single Biggest Threat to Democracy -- 10: Democracy and Dissent: The Balance Between Individual and Community -- The Truth about Individual Rights in Athens -- Fact is Stranger than Fiction: The Extraordinary Trial of Socrates -- Protecting Democracy from Dissenters -- A Fragile Balance: The Economy, the Rule of Law and Democracy -- Rebalancing the Economy Today -- The Old Bugbear: Tyranny of the Majority -- Community and the Individual: Yin and Yang -- 11: Direct Democracy Today: Cutting the Gordian Knot -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814347803321 |
Fuller Roslyn
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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