How Effective was Athenian Democracy? Essay -- right to vote, minoriti

Plan of InvestigationBetween the years of 508 BCE and 322 CE, Greece flourished under democracy. However, few question if the flourishing of Athens is due to the democracy that was in place as opposed to other factors relevant in building a palmy community. This investigation will examine the effectiveness of Athenian democracy in Grecian society. Relevance of Athenian democracy can be seen in substructure of many democracies found worldwide. In this investigation the right to vote, protection of minorities, use of social class, the structure of democracy and how Greek democracy has influenced the world will be addressed. The place investigated will be Greece, specifically the capitol Athens. The effectiveness of Athenian democracy can be seen in social structure, protection of minorities, and right to vote, as sound as its structure and influence of other countries around the world.Summary of EvidenceBasic-Democracy literally means people-power 4th century BC ohundreds of Gree k democracies spread over Greeceonot a single political entity but a collection of 1,500 separate poleis or cities around the Mediterranean and nigrify Sea oThose cities that were not democracies were oligarchiesWhere power was in the hands of the few richest citizens oOr monarchies Of the democracies, the oldest, most stable, was AthensSocial Structure/Class-Households o at bottom the household there would be a land owner oWife and children of the house owner would come next in the hierarchy oPaid servants oSlaves The foundation of Athenian democracy was the deme , a sort of village ward. ocommunities that gave members political identityThe next level of structure was the kinship group o1... ...fornia University of California Press, 2010. aboutnewtab.Saxonhouse, Arlene. Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens. 1st ed. Cambrige, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo Cambridge University Press, 2006.Vermeer, Dura. Structure and Agency in forward-loo king Greek Education, Photograph. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost. Structure and Agency in Modern Greek Education. Accessed April 8, 2014. aboutnewtab.Womens Political Participation, July 2013. http//www.iwdc.org/resources/fact_sheet.htm.World History Ancient and gothic Eras - Athenian Democracy. Accessed April 8, 2014. http//ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/586553?terms=Athenian+democracy.World History Ancient and Medieval Eras - Greek Citizenship. Accessed April 8, 2014. http//ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/586950?terms=Greek+citizenship.