Where did "democracy" come from, and what was its original form and meaning? Here Josiah Ober shows that this "power of the people" crystallized in a revolution

This book explores how democracy in Athens was recreated and the city rebuilt following the oligarchic revolutions of the fifth century BC.

Examines the changes in Athenian culture at the end of the fifth century BC.

This book is the result of a long and fruitful conversation among practitioners of two very different fields: ancient history and political theory. The topic of

Since it was no longer self-evident that "better men" meant "better government," critics of democracy sought new arguments to explain the relationship among pol