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This book asks an important question often ignored by ancient historians and political scientists alike: Why did Athenian democracy work as well and for as long as it did? Josiah Ober seeks the answer by analyzing the sociology of Athenian politics and the nature of communication between elite and nonelite citizens. After a preliminary survey of the development of the Athenian "constitution," he focuses on the role of political and legal rhetoric. As jurymen and Assemblymen, the citizen masses of Athens retained important powers, and elite Athenian politicians and litigants needed to address these large bodies of ordinary citizens in terms understandable and acceptable to the audience. This book probes the social strategies behind the rhetorical tactics employed by elite speakers. A close reading of the speeches exposes both egalitarian and elitist elements in Athenian popular ideology. Ober demonstrates that the vocabulary of public speech constituted a democratic discourse that allowed the Athenians to resolve contradictions between the ideal of political equality and the reality of social inequality. His radical reevaluation of leadership and political power in classical Athens restores key elements of the social and ideological context of the first western democracy.

Political participation --- Political leadership --- -Political rights --- Political leadership -- Greece -- Athens. --- Political participation -- Greece -- Athens. --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Leadership --- Athens (Greece) --- Politics and government. --- History of ancient Greece --- Athens --- Democracy. --- Politics and government --- Athens (Greece) - Politics and government. --- Political participation - Greece - Athens. --- Political leadership - Greece - Athens. --- Liderazgo político --- Participación política --- Atenas (Grecia) --- Política y gobierno

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This book illuminates the distinctive character of our modern understanding of the basis and value of free speech by contrasting it with the very different form of free speech that was practised by the ancient Athenians in their democratic regime. Free speech in the ancient democracy was not a protected right but an expression of the freedom from hierarchy, awe, reverence and shame. It was thus an essential ingredient of the egalitarianism of that regime. That freedom was challenged by the consequences of the rejection of shame (aidos) which had served as a cohesive force within the polity. Through readings of Socrates's trial, Greek tragedy and comedy, Thucydides's History, and Plato's Protagoras this volume explores the paradoxical connections between free speech, democracy, shame, and Socratic philosophy and Thucydidean history as practices of uncovering.

Freedom of speech --- Shame --- History --- Athens (Greece) --- Politics and government. --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Athens --- Greece --- To 1500 --- Politics and government --- Emotions --- Guilt --- Free speech --- Liberty of speech --- Speech, Freedom of --- Civil rights --- Freedom of expression --- Assembly, Right of --- Freedom of information --- Intellectual freedom --- Law and legislation --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Freedom of speech - Greece - Athens - History - To 1500. --- Shame - Greece - Athens - History - To 1500. --- Athens (Greece) - Politics and government.

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This book presents a state-of-the-art debate about the origins of Athenian democracy by five eminent scholars. The result is a stimulating, critical exploration and interpretation of the extant evidence on this intriguing and important topic. The authors address such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy "invented" or did it evolve over a long period of time? What were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible? And what factors turned the possibility of democracy into necessity and reality? The authors first examine the conditions in early Greek society that encouraged equality and "people's power." They then scrutinize, in their social and political contexts, three crucial points in the evolution of democracy: the reforms connected with the names of Solon, Cleisthenes, and Ephialtes in the early and late sixth and mid-fifth century. Finally, an ancient historian and a political scientist review the arguments presented in the previous chapters and add their own perspectives, asking what lessons we can draw today from the ancient democratic experience. Designed for a general readership as well as students and scholars, the book intends to provoke discussion by presenting side by side the evidence and arguments that support various explanations of the origins of democracy, thus enabling readers to join in the debate and draw their own conclusions.

Democracy --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- History --- Athens (Greece) --- Greece --- Politics and government. --- Politics and government --- Democracy -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.. --- Democracy -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500.. --- Greece -- Politics and government -- To 146 B.C.. --- Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government. --- academic. --- ancient greece. --- ancient historian. --- ancient history. --- ancient world. --- athenian democracy. --- athens. --- cleisthenes. --- cultural history. --- cultural studies. --- easy to understand. --- ephialtes. --- greek culture. --- greek democracy. --- greek government. --- greek history. --- philosophical. --- political philosophy. --- political science. --- political scientist. --- political. --- politics. --- scholarly. --- social change. --- social history. --- social studies. --- solon.

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This volume offers a range of innovative approaches to Solon of Athens, legendary law-giver, statesman, and poet of the early sixth century B.C. In the first part, Solon’s poetry is reconsidered against the background of oral poetics and other early Greek poetry. The connection between Solon’s alleged roles as poet and as politician is fundamentally questioned. Part two offers a reassessment of Solon’s laws based on a revision of the textual tradition and recent views on early Greek lawgiving. In part three, fresh scrutiny of the archeological and written evidence of archaic Greece results in new perspectives on the agricultural crisis and Solon’s role in the social and political developments of sixth-century Athens. Originally published in hardcover

Politics and literature --- Greek literature --- History and criticism --- Solon, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Athens (Greece) --- Intellectual life --- Politics and government --- Literature --- Literature and politics --- Political aspects --- Solone, --- Aḟiny (Greece) --- Atene (Greece) --- Atʻēnkʻ (Greece) --- Ateny (Greece) --- Athen (Greece) --- Athēna (Greece) --- Athēnai (Greece) --- Athènes (Greece) --- Athinai (Greece) --- Athīnā (Greece) --- Greek poetry --- Law, Greek --- Politique et littérature --- Poésie grecque --- Droit grec --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Histoire et critique --- Congresses. --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Vie intellectuelle --- Politique et gouvernement --- Solon --- Greece --- Αθήνα (Greece) --- Solon Atheniensis --- Solon van Athene --- Soloon --- Soloon van Athene --- Greek literature. --- Intellectual life. --- Politics and government. --- Politics and literature. --- Cultural life --- Culture --- Balkan literature --- Byzantine literature --- Classical literature --- Classical philology --- Greek philology --- Greece. --- al-Yūnān --- Ancient Greece --- Ellada --- Ellas --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grčija --- Grèce --- Grecia --- Gret͡sii͡ --- Griechenland --- Hellada --- Hellas --- Hellenic Republic --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Kingdom of Greece --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Xila --- Yaṿan --- Yūnān --- Politics and literature - Greece --- Greek literature - History and criticism --- Solon, - ca. 630-ca. 560 B.C. --- Solon, - ca. 630-ca. 560 B.C. - Criticism and interpretation --- Athens (Greece) - Intellectual life --- Athens (Greece) - Politics and government

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The Greek economic crisis has imperilled the stability of the eurozone, generating much global anxiety. Policymakers, analysts, and the media have daily debated the course of the Greek economy, prescribing ways to move forward. This collection of essays progressively moves from an analysis of the causes of the crisis and the policy responses so far to a debate on some of the countryʼs advantages and capabilities that should underpin its new development model and propel the return to growth. The book seeks to provide motivation and inspiration for change by indicating some of the economic sectors where Greece maintains a comparative advantage. Therefore, it challenges the picture of Greece as a country doomed to failure, where everything falls apart.

Athens (Greece) --Politics and government. --- Sociology -- France -- Greek influences. --- Sociology -- Germany -- Greek influences. --- Business & Economics --- Economic Theory --- Economic policy. --- Greece --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Political economy. --- Macroeconomics. --- European Economic Community literature. --- Public finance. --- Economics. --- Economic Policy. --- Political Economy. --- Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics. --- Public Economics. --- European Integration. --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- European Economic Community lite. --- International Political Economy. --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Currency question --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Public finances --- 2000 - 2099 --- Greece. --- Griechenland. --- Economic conditions --- Economic policy --- Politics and government --- Hellas --- Ellas --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Basileion tēs Hellados --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Yunanistan --- République Hellénique --- Ellada --- Vasilion tis Ellados --- Hellenic Republic --- Grèce --- Royaume de Grèce --- Elli̲niki̲ Di̲mokratia --- Hellēnikē Demokratia --- Elli̱niki̱ Di̱mokratia --- Vasileion ti̲s Ellados --- Griechen --- Griechenland --- 1821 --- -al-Yūnān --- Ancient Greece --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Grčija --- Grèce --- Grecia --- Gret͡sii͡ --- Hellada --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Kingdom of Greece --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Xila --- Yaṿan --- Yūnān --- al-Yūnān --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ελλάς --- Ελλάδα --- Греция --- اليونان --- يونان --- 希腊