e-book WHY ANCIENT GREECE (epub)

Why Aciet Greece is writte for the geeral reader who wishes to uderstad the birth ad developmet of democracy, ad its ifluece o moder govermet. It presets a fresh, iovative ad ofte uorthodox view, usig ew ecoomic ad political theory ad methodology to explai how ad why democracy emerged whe it did, the coditios that shaped it, ad the values it ispired. From the birth of the city-state ad the evolutio of the hoplite soldier ad the phalax, to the rise of Atheia democracy, the author traces the origis of such essetial issues as public choice, civic ad huma rights, ad the world’s first social cotract.Takig the reader o a tour of democracy as reiveted by medieval Switzerlad, the maritime Dutch Republic, 17th-cetury Eglad, ad America ad Frace i the throes of revolutio, Kyriazis eds with a short guide to today’s Greece for visitors who wish to experiece its edurig democratic history.