DOI: / Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens

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1 DOI: / Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens

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3 Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens Larry Patriquin DOI: /

4 economic equality and direct democracy in ancient athens Copyright Larry Patriquin, Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1 st edition All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN in the United States a division of St. Martin s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number , of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave and Macmillan are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: PDF ISBN: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. First edition: doi: /

5 Contents Acknowledgments vi 1 Introduction: The Importance of Athens 1 2 Origins of the Polis 6 3 How Athenian Democracy Worked 21 4 Equality and Inequality 37 5 Elite Critics of Popular Rule 59 6 The End of Direct Democracy 67 7 Conclusion: The Key Lesson for Contemporary Democracy 76 References 84 Index 91 DOI: / v

6 Acknowledgments I would like to thank Brian O Connor at Palgrave Macmillan, who was enthusiastic about this project from the beginning; the anonymous reviewer, who provided helpful comments and saved me from a number of errors; and Timothy Pearson, who did a superb job copyediting the text and also prepared the index. I am also grateful to Nipissing University for a sabbatical in , during which much of the research for this book was completed. vi DOI: /