The ancient Greek orator Dio Chrysostom (1st-2nd century CE) said in his speech To the People of Alexandria that there were two kinds of democracy: one good and one bad. According to Dio, one form of ...

The establishment of democracy in ancient Athens was a crucial moment in human history, but how ''democratic'' was Athenian ...

Questioning the concept of "representation" that we take for grantedWe currently accept the mechanism of "electing representatives and having those representatives decide matters in parliament" as the ...

Democracy is in trouble here and abroad. According to the highly regarded World Values Survey data, most Americans under 60 do not consider it “absolutely essential” to live in a democracy. In fact, ...

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government, there is no institutional role for the assembled people. However: ...

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In the 1960s, archaeologists digging at Athens discovered thousands of pottery fragments in a landfill. The shards of pottery were the remains of ballots from a 471 B.C.E. election, but the fragments ...

“Threats to democracy” are regularly described as an American “crisis,” but this crisis mentality itself is the threat — to common sense. It is a false panic, emanating from both the far right and far ...

Pope arrives in Greece for second leg of trip Address centres on threats to democracy Warns against authoritarianism, populism Pope quotes ancient Greek philosophers and writers ATHENS, Dec 4 (Reuters ...