Greece’s fiscal and economic crisis has sharpened debates among economists, political scientists, and policymakers about political institutions and economic growth. Do good institutions—democracy and ...
Editor’s Note: When interviewing a Greek economist at the foot of the Acropolis a few years ago, we were heckled by a young anarchist. “We should get a dollar every time you use a Greek word in your ...
Did political decentralization foster classical civilization? That is one of the central claims of this fascinating new work of analytical history by the Stanford political scientist and classicist ...
IN “Ægean Civilisation,” a previous volume in this series, Prof. Glotz traced Mediterranean culture from its beginnings to its culmination in Minoan Crete and its decline on the mainland. To present ...
EPIDAURUS, Greece (Reuters) - On a stiflingly hot summer night, the ancient Greek amphitheatre of Epidaurus is packed to capacity for a performance of a 2,400-year-old play by Aristophanes -- ...
University of Victoria provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. University of Victoria provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Even before the pandemic was officially ...