01830nam a2200349Ia 4500 ebr10068561 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 040413s2004 cau sb s001 0 eng d 0520236602 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)70752240 JC421 .S32 2004eb 321.8 22 Samons, Loren J. What's wrong with democracy? [electronic resource] : from Athenian practice to American worship / Loren J. Samons II. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. xx, 307 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 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. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10068561 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 28652 28652