![]() | Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens Subjects: Democracy -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500; Political participation -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500; Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government; Greece -- Politics and government -- To 146 B.C; When does democracy work well, and why? Is democracy the best form of government? These questions are of supreme importance today as the United States seeks to promote its democratic values abroad. Democracy and Knowledge is the first book to look to ancient Athens to explain how and why directly democratic government by the people produces wealth, power, and security. Josiah Ober is the Constantine Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University. His books include Athenian Legacies, Political Dissent in Democratic Athens, and Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens (all Princeton). |
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