Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens

By Larry Patriquin

Book Overview

This book argues that ancient democracy did not stop at the door of economic democracy, and that ancient Athens has much to tell us about the relationship between political equality and economic equality. Athenian democracy rested on a foundation of general economic equality, which enabled citizens to challenge their exclusion from politics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137503475
• ISBN13: 9781137503473
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.6"