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Public Organization in Ancient Greece
Nicholas F. Jones
其他書名
A Documentary Study
出版American Philosophical Society, 1987
主題History / Ancient / GreecePolitical Science / American Government / StatePolitical Science / World / EuropeanSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN08716917609780871691767
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=874uPf7WtX8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Ancient Greek city-states typically administered themselves through more or less permanent divisions of their populations or territories. The Athenian system of phylai ("tribes"), trittyes ("Thirds") & demes ("villages") is the familiar example, but something is known of the arrangements of about 200 other states representing all regions of the Greek world. Drawing upon the predominantly epigraphic record, Dr. Jones provides the first comprehensive analysis, arranged on a state-by-state basis, of these organizations. The book documents the widespread tendency of the public units, quite apart from their state-wide administrative roles, to be organized internally as self-sustaining associations. Constituting a public social organization, these "new communities" addressed the problem of the persistence within the state of inherited regional or political pluralism. Precisely because of their artificiality, the public associations offered an innocuous alternative to the old, divisive loyalties. Thereby a degree of stability might be secured for these often deeply fragmented societies.