What's wrong with democracy? from Athenian practice to American worship - Samons, Loren J. II. 1964- (University of California Press, 2004)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Athenian society and government -- Democracy and demagogues: election, voting, and qualifications for citizenship -- Public finance : democracy and the people's purse -- Foreign policy I : democracy imperial -- Foreign policy II : the Peloponnesian War -- National defense : democracy defeated -- Democracy and religion -- Conclusion : Socrates, Pericles, and the citizen