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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 15 halftones. 9 line illus. 19 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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