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The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 BCE (Reacting to the Past™)
The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 BCE (Reacting to the Past™)
Book • 2022
The Threshold of Democracy analyzes the political and social changes in Athens following the upheavals of 403 BCE. Ober explores how democratic institutions were restored and reconfigured after oligarchic rule and civil conflict.
He examines legal reforms, civic practices, and cultural shifts that enabled the polis to stabilize and rebuild shared political life.
Drawing on primary sources and historical methodology, the book situates Athens' experience within broader questions about democratic recovery.
Ober's account offers lessons about institutional design, reconciliation, and the fragility of democratic norms.
He examines legal reforms, civic practices, and cultural shifts that enabled the polis to stabilize and rebuild shared political life.
Drawing on primary sources and historical methodology, the book situates Athens' experience within broader questions about democratic recovery.
Ober's account offers lessons about institutional design, reconciliation, and the fragility of democratic norms.
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Greg LaBlanc
628. The Civic Bargain: Democracy, Knowledge, and the Challenge of Scale with Josiah Ober
