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024	7		_a10.1515/9781400828807 _2doi
035			_a(DE-B1597)9781400828807
035			_a(DE-B1597)447045
035			_a(OCoLC)979581492
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
072		7	_aPOL010000 _2bisacsh
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aOber, Josiah _eautore
245	1	0	_aDemocracy and Knowledge : _bInnovation and Learning in Classical Athens / _cJosiah Ober.
250			_aCourse Book
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2008]
264		4	_c©2008
300			_a1 online resource (368 p.) : _b15 halftones. 9 line illus. 19 tables.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tIllustrations -- _tTables -- _tPreface -- _tAbbreviations -- _tAthenian Money, Taxes, Revenues -- _tCHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Dispersed Knowledge and Public Action -- _tCHAPTER TWO. Assessing Athenian Performance -- _tCHAPTER THREE. Competition, Scale, and Varieties of Knowledge -- _tCHAPTER FOUR. Aggregation: Networks, Teams, and Experts -- _tCHAPTER FIVE. Alignment: Common Knowledge, Commitment, and Coordination -- _tCHAPTER SIX. Codification: Access, Impartiality, and Transaction Costs -- _tCHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusions: Government by the People -- _tAPPENDIXES -- _tBIBLIOGRAPHY -- _tINDEX
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aWhen 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. Combining a history of Athens with contemporary theories of collective action and rational choice developed by economists and political scientists, Josiah Ober examines Athenian democracy's unique contribution to the ancient Greek city-state's remarkable success, and demonstrates the valuable lessons Athenian political practices hold for us today. He argues that the key to Athens's success lay in how the city-state managed and organized the aggregation and distribution of knowledge among its citizens. Ober explores the institutional contexts of democratic knowledge management, including the use of social networks for collecting information, publicity for building common knowledge, and open access for lowering transaction costs. He explains why a government's attempt to dam the flow of information makes democracy stumble. Democratic participation and deliberation consume state resources and social energy. Yet as Ober shows, the benefits of a well-designed democracy far outweigh its costs. Understanding how democracy can lead to prosperity and security is among the most pressing political challenges of modern times. Democracy and Knowledge reveals how ancient Greek politics can help us transcend the democratic dilemmas that confront the world today.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650		0	_aDemocracy _zGreece _vAthens _xHistory _vTo 1500.
650		0	_aDemocracy _zGreece _zAthens _xHistory _yTo 1500.
650		0	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE _vPolitical Ideologies _vDemocracy.
650		0	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE _vPolitical Process _vGeneral.
650		0	_aPolitical participation _zGreece _vAthens _xHistory _vTo 1500.
650		0	_aPolitical participation _zGreece _zAthens _xHistory _yTo 1500.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400828807
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400828807
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