Democracies and Republics Between Past and Future (e-bog) af Pelloso, Carlo
Pelloso, Carlo (forfatter)

Democracies and Republics Between Past and Future e-bog

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Democracies and Republics Between Past and Future focuses on the concepts of direct rule by the people in early and classical Athens and the tribunician negative power in early republican Rome - and through this lens explores current political issues in our society.a a This volume guides readers through the current constitutional systems in the Western world in an attempt to decipher the reas...
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Forfattere Pelloso, Carlo (forfatter)
Forlag Routledge
Udgivet 29 marts 2021
Længde 130 sider
Genrer HBLA
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781000358735
Democracies and Republics Between Past and Future focuses on the concepts of direct rule by the people in early and classical Athens and the tribunician negative power in early republican Rome - and through this lens explores current political issues in our society.a a This volume guides readers through the current constitutional systems in the Western world in an attempt to decipher the reasons and extent of the decline of the nexus between 'elections' and 'democracy'; it then turns its gaze to the past in search of some answers for the future, examining early and classical Athens and, finally, early republican Rome. In discussing Athens, it explores how an authentic 'power of the people' is more than voting and something rather different from representation, while the examples of Rome demonstrate - thanks to the paradigm of the so-called tribunician power - the importance of institutionalised mechanisms of dialogic conflict between competing powers.a a This book will be of primary interest to scholars of legal history, both recent and ancient, and to classicists, but also to the more general reader with an interest in politics and history.