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Elections, Accountability and Democracy in Ancient Athens

"But, today I want to investigate with you whether elections are really democratic at all, let alone function as expressions of the will of the people and as a form of accountability? To get at this problem, I want to look back to the first democracy, the democracy of ancient Athens and to think about the nature of Athens’ democracy, what were its ideals, what were some of its practical manifestations and, finally, what a fuller understanding of the Athenian model might offer us as Americans when considering our own assessments of democracy and its mechanisms. Specifically, did the Athenians conceive of elections as fundamental to their democracy? Were elections an expression of the DEMOS? And, finally, were they a measure of accountability for officials?" Rebecca Futo Kennedy, 2012

https://rfkclassics.blogspot.com/2012/05/elections-accountability-and-democracy.html?m=1

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