Ober Democracy and Knowledge

Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2880-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Ober, Josiah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations xi

List of Tables xii

Preface xiii

List of Abbreviations xvii

Athenian Money, Taxes, Revenues xviii

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: Dispersed Knowledge and Public Action 1

Theory and Practice 3

Rational Choice and Joint Action 6

Premises and Problem 12

Caveats and Method 22

The Argument and Its Contexts 28

Experts and Interests 34

Hypothesis 37

CHAPTER TWO: Assessing Athenian Performance 39

Historical Evaluation 40

Aggregate Flourishing 43

Distribution of Coinage 48

Athens versus Syracuse and Sparta 52

Citations in Greek Literature and Other Measures 53

Athens ??12: A Multiperiod Case Study 55

Democracy as an Explanatory Variable 70

Republics, Democracies, and Athenian Exceptionalism 75

CHAPTER THREE: Competition, Scale, and Varieties of Knowledge 80

Competition and Its Consequences 80

Participation and Scale 84

Social, Technical, and Latent Knowledge 90

Preferences, Parties, and Costly Information 97

Hierarchy, Democracy, and Productivity 102

Knowledge Processes as Public-Action Strategies 106

CHAPTER FOUR: Aggregation: Networks, Teams, and Experts 118

Institutional Design: Incentives, Low Cost, Sorting 118

Establishing a Naval Station, 325/4 B.C. 124

Demes and Tribes as Social Networks 134

The Council of 500: Structural Holes and Bridging Ties 142

Organizational and Individual Learning 151

Boards of Magistrates as Real Teams 156

Ostracism, Assembly, and People's Courts 160

CHAPTER FIVE: Alignment: Common Knowledge, Commitment, and Coordination 168

Alignment and Hierarchy 169

Following Leaders, Rules, and Commitments 172

Cascading and Social Equilibrium 179

A Trial for Treason, 330 B.C. 183

Common Knowledge and Publicity 190

Rational Rituals and Public Monuments 194

Architecture and Intervisibility 199

Scaling Common Knowledge 205

CHAPTER SIX: Codification: Access, Impartiality, and Transaction Costs 211

Intention and Interpretation 211

Open Entry, Fair Procedure, and Transaction Costs 214

A Law on Silver Coinage, 375/4 B.C. 220

Silver Owls, Athenian and Imitation 226

Approval, Certification, Confiscation 231

Legal Standing and Social Status 241

Rules and Rents: Historical Survey 245

Expanding Access 249

Democracy and Social Security 254

Horizons of Fairness 258

CHAPTER SEVEN: Conclusions: Government by the People 264

Knowledge in Action 264

The Democracy/Knowledge Hypothesis Revisited 268

Formality and Experimentation 270

Institutions and Ideology 272

Exceptionalism and Exemplarity 276

APPENDIX A. Aggregate Material Flourishing 281

APPENDIX B. Distribution of Coins in Hoards 285

APPENDIX C. Prominence in Classical Greek Literature 287

APPENDIX D. Impact of Constitution and Historical Experience 289

APPENDIX E. Athenian State Capacity and Democracy, 600-250 B.C. 292

Bibliography 295

Index 333

Über Autor(innen)

Josiah Ober is the Constantine Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University. His books include Athenian Legacies, Political Dissent in Democratic Athens, and Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens (all Princeton).