52 A New Theory of Democracy's Origins (It Wasn't Greece) w/ David Stasavage
Dec 01, 2022•51 min
Episode description
This time we're taking a little break from Greece to explore the broader history of democracy. Was democracy really a Greek invention? Historian David Stasavage, author of The Decline and Rise of Democracy, thinks it was not. And in today's episode he explains why.
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