Demopolis - Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice Paperback
Demopolis - Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice Paperback What did democracy mean before liberalism? Combining history with political theory, this book restores the core meaning of…
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Demopolis - Democracy before Liberalism in Theory and Practice Paperback
What did democracy mean before liberalism? Combining history with political theory, this book restores the core meaning of democracy as collective and limited self-government by citizens. What are the consequences for our lives today?
Participatory self-government is the basis of political practice in 'Demopolis', a hypothetical modern state powerfully imagined by award-winning historian and political scientist Josiah Ober. That, rather than majority tyranny, is what democracy meant in ancient Athens, before liberalism. Demopolis' residents aim to establish a secure, prosperous, and non-tyrannical community, where citizens govern as a collective, both directly and through representatives, and willingly assume the costs of self-government because doing so benefits them, both as a group and individually.
Basic democracy, as exemplified in real Athens and imagined Demopolis, can provide a
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