International organizations are widely believed to undermine domestic democracy. Our
analysis challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that multilateral institutions can …

Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt
than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era …

What did democracy mean before liberalism? What are the consequences for our lives
today? Combining history with political theory, this book restores the core meaning of …

The question of what the ancient Greeks can tell us about democracy can be answered by
reference to three fields that have traditionally been pursued with little reference to one …

In this paper we present a new approach to thinking about the circumstances under which
inclusive political institutions, consisting of a state with capacity and a broad distribution of …

In Networked Media, Networked Rhetorics, Damien Pfister explores communicative
practices in networked media environments, analyzing, in particular, how the blogosphere …

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Societies under similar geographic and economic conditions and subject to similar external
influences nonetheless develop very different types of states. At one extreme are weak …

A revisionist account of the most famous trial and execution in Western civilization—one with
great resonance for American society today. Socrates' trial and death together form an iconic …