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Structure, Principles, and Ideology
Mogens Herman Hansen
ISBN: 9780806131436
Format: Paperback
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Edition: New edition
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The Athenian democracy of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. is the most famous and perhaps most nearly perfect example of direct democracy. Covering the period 403-322 B.C., Mogens Herman Hansen focuses on the crucial last thirty years, which coincided with the political career of Demosthenes. Hansen distinguishes between the city's seven political institutions…
The Athenian democracy of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. is the most famous and perhaps most nearly perfect example of direct democracy. Covering the period 403-322 B.C., Mogens Herman Hansen focuses on the crucial last thirty years, which coincided with the political career of Demosthenes. Hansen distinguishes between the city's seven political institutions: the Assembly, the nomothetai, the People's Court, the boards of magistrates, the Council of Five Hundred, the Areopagos, and ho boulomenos. He discusses how Athenians conceived liberty both as the ability to participate in the decision-making process and as the right to live without oppression from the state or other citizens. Equality was conceived of as an equality not of nature but of opportunity.
| ISBN | 0806131438 | | Pages | 447 | | ISBN13 | 9780806131436
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press | | Weight (grammes) | 635 | | Imprint | University of Oklahoma Press | | Published in | Oklahoma | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 215 | | Publication date | 01 Mar 1999 | | Width (mm) | 140 | | Library of Congress | 98046468 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY | 321.809385 | | Academic level | General, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Preface | | | | | | Abbreviations for Classical Sources | | | | 1 | | Direct Democracy in Historical Perspective | | 1 | | 2 | | Evidence | | 4 | | 3 | | The Athenian Constitution down to 403 B.C.: A Historical Sketch | | 27 | | 4 | | Athens as a City-State and as a Democracy | | 55 | | 5 | | The People of Athens | | 86 | | 6 | | The Assembly of the People | | 125 | | 7 | | The Laws and the Nomothetai | | 161 | | 8 | | The People's Court | | 178 | | 9 | | The Magistrates | | 225 | | 10 | | The Council of Five Hundred | | 246 | | 11 | | The Political Leaders | | 266 | | 12 | | The Council of the Areopagos | | 288 | | 13 | | The Character of Athenian Democracy | | 296 | | 14 | | One Hundred and Sixty Theses about Athenian Democracy | | 321 | | | | Maps and Plans | | 355 | | | | Bibliography | | 359 | | | | Glossary | | 385 | | | | Index of Passages Cited | | 408 | | | | General Index | | 428 |
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