POLS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Origins Game Fair, Direct Democracy, Athenian Democracy
23 Oct 2017
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Ancient athens and democracy i: the importance of history a) understanding origins. Ancient athens and democracy a) pericles praises athenian democracy. Equality under law b) reforms of solon ( solon took some unprecedented steps. ) Cancelled debts and freed slaves (especially debts owed in the agriculture area, he"s getting the peasants on their side. Rearranged classes (categorized political classes, rather than organizing based on blood and heredity, those classes are organized by agricultural income. Reorganized into 4 separate classes, the idea here is that your breaking up political power. only 3 of the 4 groups are allowed to participate in politics, but all. Peasants gain some command on the political system and have an increasing sense of their own political power. Peasants in their own right, can become powerful in their own class. Demokratia ( he creates a new political organization where citizens take a direct and active role in running the city state of athens, reinforces that citizens.
