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Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens (repost)

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Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens (repost)

Josiah Ober "Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens"
Princeton University Press | 2008-10-09 | ISBN: 0691133476 | 362 pages | PDF | 2 MB

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.