Robert A Dahl

(18 votes)   As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century.

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(18 votes)   Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered.

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(18 votes)   Require... electoral votes to be allocated in proportion to the popular votes.

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(16 votes)   Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves.

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(16 votes)   Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete.

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(16 votes)   The future of that ancient chamber remains in considerable doubt.

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