The move for American Independence was greatly influenced by ancient Greece, particularly philosophy from the time.

opinion Commentary. Democracy died in ancient Athens after the plague. America must learn from this fate We the people remain unhealed, our wounds still open, and our democracy under threat.

The ancient Greek word demokratia was ambiguous. ... Athenian democracy did not happen only in the Assembly and Council. The courts were also essentially political spaces, ...

Introduced in 508 BC by Cleisthenes, known as the “father of Athenian democracy”, the procedure, called ostracism, sought to guard Athenians against the conniving ways of corrupt men.

Political scientist Josiah Ober argues that the successes of ancient Greek democracy can serve as a model for the democratic governments of today. But it may not be easy to apply ancient lessons ...

Nathan Arrington, an assistant professor of art and archaeology at Princeton University, sometimes visits the cemetery near campus to think. He is an expert on another burial ground, thousands of ...

While ancient Athenian democracy did a better job of surmounting political ignorance than it is often given credit for, some of the reasons for its relative success should lead us to be more ...

The idea of democracy was nurtured in the outdoor amphitheaters that dotted the hillsides throughout the many city-states of ancient Greece. But whereas Athenian democracy ended, as did the ...

From ancient Athens to the town hall: Can a new wave of deliberative democracy save the world? "Citizens' assemblies" and similar forms of ground-level democracy are suddenly everywhere.

How Ancient Athenian democracy killed progressive England. When the three party leaders drained the hemlock within minutes, an ancient brutality seemed to return to UK politics.

In an interesting recent article in Foreign Affairs, Josiah Ober - a leading academic expert on ancient Greek democracy - argues that there is much we can learn from the Greek experience that ...