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Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens.
[Buy it!] | Ober, Josiah: | USD 66.04
(Thu Jun 6 16:41:19 2024) | AbebooksDE | Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß | ISBN10: 0691133476, ISBN13: 9780691133478, [publisher: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press] Hardcover XVI, 342 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Stamp on the bottom edge, overall very good and clean. Includes reviews of the book. / Stempel auf Fußschnitt, insgesamt sehr gut und sauber. Beiligend Rezensionen zum Buch. - 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 democracys unique contribution to the ancient Greek city-states remarkable success, and demonstrates the valuable lessons Athenian political practices hold for us today. He argues that the key to Athenss 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 governments 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. - JOSIAH OBER holds the Constantine Mitsotakis Chair in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. His books include Athenian Legacies, Political Dissent in Democratic Athens, and Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens (all Princeton). ISBN 9780691133478 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 653 Original cloth with dust jacket.
[Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 2008]
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