[publicclassics] Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science

[Andrew Erskine]

Ancient Greek History and Contemporary Social Science
edited by Mirko Canevaro, Andrew Erskine, Benjamin Gray, and Josiah Ober
Edinburgh University Press 2018
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-ancient-greek-history-and-contemporary-social-science.html

Introduction, Josiah Ober

Section I: Theory and Method

1. Behavioural Economics and Economic Activity in Classical Athens,  
David Lewis

2. The City in Chorus: For a Choral History of Athenian Society,  
Vincent Azoulay and Paulin Ismard

3. Approaching the Hellenistic Polis through Modern Political Theory:  
the Public Sphere, Pluralism and Prosperity, Benjamin Gray

Section II: Institutions

4. Majority Rule vs. Consensus: the practice of democratic  
deliberation in the Greek poleis, Mirko Canevaro

5. Rethinking Mass and Elite: Decision-Making in the Athenian Law- 
Courts, Federica Carugati and Barry R. Weingast

6. Ancient and Modern Conceptions of the Rule of Law, Sara Forsdyke

7. What can Data drawn from the Hansen-Nielsen Inventory tell us about  
Political Transitions in Ancient Greece?, Robert K. Fleck and F.  
Andrew Hanssen

Section III: Behaviour

8. Patronage in Ancient Sparta, Ingvar B. Mæhle

9. Understanding the politics of Pericles around 450 BCE: the benefits  
of an economic perspective, Carl Hampus Lyttkens and Henrik Gerding

10. Cash and crowns: a network approach to Greek athletic prizes,  
Christian Mann

Section IV: Wealth, Poverty and Inequality

11. Property Security and its Limits in Classical Greece, Emily Mackil

12. Economic (in)equality and democracy: the political economy of  
poverty in Athens, Claire Taylor

13. The Distribution of Wealthy Athenians in the Attic Demes, James  
Kierstead and Roman Klapaukh

Section V: Interstate Relations

14. Exploring inter-community political activity in fourth-century  
Greece, Peter Liddel

15. Hegemonic Legitimacy (and its Absence) in Classical Greece, Polly  
Low

16. The Koinon Dogma, the Mercenary Threat, and the Consolidation of  
the Democratic Revolutions in mid 5th Century Sicily, David Teegarden

Section VI: Technology and Innovation

17. Muddle wrestling: grappling for conceptual clarity in archaic  
money, Peter van Alfen

18. Entanglement, Materiality, and the Social Organization of  
Construction Workers in Classical Athens, Diane Harris Cline

19. Technology and Society in Classical Athens: A study of the social  
context of mining and metallurgy at Laurion, Kim van Liefferinge

Overview: Greek history at a crossroads, John K. Davies