In the late 6th century B.C., the Greek city-state of Athens began to lay the foundations for a new kind of political system. This demokratia, as it became known, was a direct democracy that gave political power to free male Athenian citizens rather than a ruling aristocratic class or di...
500 years ago, this Greek city-state—or “polis”—took a radical leap: citizens—ordinary people, not kings or aristocrats—would govern their society. This was democracy, but democracy with a direct twist: one wherecitizens wereexpected...
How did the idea of democracy evolve in ancient Greece? Copy warm up notes: Greece’s geography made it hard to communicate with one another. As the population grew, the need for trade also grew. How did the idea of democracy evolve in ancient Greece? Over the next few days,...
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2011. "How Tyranny Paved the Way to Wealth and Democracy: The Democratic Transition in Ancient Greece," working paper, Montana State University and Clemson University.Fleck, R. K., & Hanssen, F. A. (forthcoming). How tyranny paved the way to democ- racy: The democratic transition in ...
"Democracy is the most difficult of all forms of government, since it requires the widest spread of intelligence ... Ignorance ... lends itself to manipulation by the forces that mold public opinion." Public opinion in ancient Gre...
The present study is situated in the UK, where values play a key role in the primary school curriculum and all schools are required to promote the fundamental British values: democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, as well as mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths...
Once in office he must rule as he can. That is why Gandhi was supremely right in maintaining, as he did, that an egalitarian democracy cannot be achieved by force but only by persuasion. Once violence has been used, the feelings aroused will make further violence unavoidable. And in a sta...
The numbers of migrants trying to cross from the Libya on the coast of north Africa to one of the EU's southern nations is increasing. Europe's impoverished southern nations can't cope. And in the better off nations of northern Europe immigration is a to