City-states

Federalism in Greek antiquity

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The world of ancient Greece witnessed some of the most sophisticated and varied experiments with federalism in the pre-modern era. In the volatile interstate environment of Greece, federalism was a creative response to the challenge of establishing regional unity, while at the s…

Federalism in Greek antiquity

0 Type: Book

"The world of ancient Greece witnessed some of the most sophisticated and varied experiments with federalism in the pre-modern era. In the volatile interstate environment of Greece, federalism was a creative response to the challenge of establishing regional unity, while at the …

Federalism in Greek antiquity

by Beck, Hans, Funke, Peter

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"Federalism begins with a paradox. In a transhistorical perspective, federalism represents a design to unite a multitude of state-entities whose powers and prerogatives are safeguarded in the course of integration. But in its attempt to achieve unity, federalism empowers constit…

Federalism in Greek Antiquity

0 Type: Book

The world of ancient Greece witnessed some of the most sophisticated and varied experiments with federalism in the pre-modern era. In the volatile interstate environment of Greece, federalism was a creative response to the challenge of establishing regional unity, while at the s…

Plato, politics, and a practical utopia: social constructivism and civic planning in the "…

by Moore, Kenneth Royce

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"Dealing with themes of urban planning, constitutionalism, utopianism and social construction theory, this book analyzes the city of Magnesia, Plato's second-best city-state in the Laws, as if it were an actual ancient city-state. The book details the demographics, economics, mi…

Benefaction and rewards in the ancient Greek city: the origins ofeuergetism

by Domingo Gygax, Marc

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"This is a historical study that adopts the standpoint of historical anthropology. I do not mean by this that the book is partially based on the work of social and cultural anthropologists dealing with gift-exchange. Instead, I refer to the approach to history from which it is w…

Benefaction and rewards in the ancient Greek city: the origins of euergetism

by Domingo Gygax, Marc

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Scope and content: "This volume presents for the first time an in-depth analysis of the origins of Greek euergetism. Derived from the Greek for 'benefactor, ' 'euergetism' refers to the process whereby citizens and foreigners offered voluntary services and donations to the polis…

Benefaction and rewards in the ancient Greek city: the origins of euergetism

by Domingo Gygax, Marc

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"This volume presents for the first time an in-depth analysis of the origins of Greek euergetism. Derived from the Greek for 'benefactor, ' 'euergetism' refers to the process whereby citizens and foreigners offered voluntary services and donations to the polis that were in turn …

Benefaction and rewards in the ancient Greek city: the origins of euergetism

by Domingo Gygax, Marc

0 Type: Book

This volume presents for the first time an in-depth analysis of the origins of Greek euergetism. Derived from the Greek for 'benefactor', 'euergetism' refers to the process whereby citizens and foreigners offered voluntary services and donations to the polis that were in turn re…