Democracy and Economy: An Inseparable Relationship from Ancient Times to Today
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| Title: | Democracy and Economy: An Inseparable Relationship from Ancient Times to Today |
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| Description: | This text presents a detailed history of democracy, while also considering the modern methodological tools of economic history, institutional economics, and political, social and behavioural sciences, to explain why and how democracy was created, how it evolved and how it progresses. The book provides answers to a number of questions, such as what form of government democracy is, why it was first developed in ancient Greece, why it is that democracy—in order to flourish—requires strong and stable economic structures, and what role political and military organizations play in the shape of these elements. The volume analyses various cases studies drawn from Ancient Greece, Switzerland, England, the United Provinces, France, the USA, Germany and the EU. |
| Authors: | Emmanouil Marios N. Economou, Author, Nicholas C. Kyriazis, Author |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Democracy--Economic aspects, Democracy--History |
| Categories: | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This text presents a detailed history of democracy, while also considering the modern methodological tools of economic history, institutional economics, and political, social and behavioural sciences, to explain why and how democracy was created, how it evolved and how it progresses. The book provides answers to a number of questions, such as what form of government democracy is, why it was first developed in ancient Greece, why it is that democracy—in order to flourish—requires strong and stable economic structures, and what role political and military organizations play in the shape of these elements. The volume analyses various cases studies drawn from Ancient Greece, Switzerland, England, the United Provinces, France, the USA, Germany and the EU. |
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| ISBN: | 9781527534049 9781527535671 |
