Democracy and Knowledge : : Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens / / Josiah Ober.
When does democracy work well, and why? Is democracy the best form of government? These questions are of supreme importance today as the United States seeks to promote its democratic values abroad. Democracy and Knowledge is the first book to look to ancient Athens to explain how and why directly de...
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Ober, Josiah, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Democracy and Knowledge : Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens / Josiah Ober. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2008] ©2008 1 online resource (368 p.) : 15 halftones. 9 line illus. 19 tables. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Athenian Money, Taxes, Revenues -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Dispersed Knowledge and Public Action -- CHAPTER TWO. Assessing Athenian Performance -- CHAPTER THREE. Competition, Scale, and Varieties of Knowledge -- CHAPTER FOUR. Aggregation: Networks, Teams, and Experts -- CHAPTER FIVE. Alignment: Common Knowledge, Commitment, and Coordination -- CHAPTER SIX. Codification: Access, Impartiality, and Transaction Costs -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusions: Government by the People -- APPENDIXES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star When does democracy work well, and why? Is democracy the best form of government? These questions are of supreme importance today as the United States seeks to promote its democratic values abroad. Democracy and Knowledge is the first book to look to ancient Athens to explain how and why directly democratic government by the people produces wealth, power, and security. Combining a history of Athens with contemporary theories of collective action and rational choice developed by economists and political scientists, Josiah Ober examines Athenian democracy's unique contribution to the ancient Greek city-state's remarkable success, and demonstrates the valuable lessons Athenian political practices hold for us today. He argues that the key to Athens's success lay in how the city-state managed and organized the aggregation and distribution of knowledge among its citizens. Ober explores the institutional contexts of democratic knowledge management, including the use of social networks for collecting information, publicity for building common knowledge, and open access for lowering transaction costs. He explains why a government's attempt to dam the flow of information makes democracy stumble. Democratic participation and deliberation consume state resources and social energy. Yet as Ober shows, the benefits of a well-designed democracy far outweigh its costs. Understanding how democracy can lead to prosperity and security is among the most pressing political challenges of modern times. Democracy and Knowledge reveals how ancient Greek politics can help us transcend the democratic dilemmas that confront the world today. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Democracy Greece Athens History To 1500. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies Democracy. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Process General. Political participation Greece Athens History To 1500. POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691146249 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400828807 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400828807 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400828807.jpg |
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