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Author

Samons, Loren J.

Title What's wrong with democracy? [electronic resource] : from Athenian practice to American worship / Loren J. Samons II.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xx, 307 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Athenian society and government -- Democracy and demagogues : election, voting, and qualifications for citizenship -- Public finance : democracy and the people's purse -- Foreign policy I : democracy imperial -- Foreign policy II : the Peloponnesian War -- National defense : democracy defeated -- Democracy and religion -- Conclusion : Socrates, Pericles, and the citizen.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Democracy -- History.
	Direct democracy -- Greece -- Athens.
	Representative government and representation -- United States.
	Political culture -- United States -- History.
	Republicanism -- United States -- History.
	United States -- Civilization -- Greek influences.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	0520236602 (cloth : alk. paper)