Rediscovering Greek Institutions
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-3328-7 (ISBN)
Rediscovering Greek Institutions offers a fresh perspective on the study of ancient Greek institutions by integrating New Institutionalism-inspired approaches from political science. While traditional scholarship has often focused on constitutional design, formal rules and legal procedures, a shift in recent decades towards sociological and anthropological approaches has overlooked the importance of institutional analysis. This volume bridges this gap, spearheading a new approach which not only considers formal rules and procedures but also the social, ideological, and behavioural factors underpinning institutions. Its wide-ranging chapters demonstrate how a more nuanced and sophisticated understanding of institutions can shed light on the complex political and social life of the Greek polis. Through an interdisciplinary approach to ancient Greek politics which engages with political science, this book redefines institutional analysis as a powerful tool for understanding the diverse motivations behind individual and collective actions in ancient Greece.
Matteo Barbato is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Greek History at the University of Milan. He is the author of The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (EUP, 2020). His research focuses on the cultural, political and institutional history of Athenian democracy and on post-classical Greek historiography. Mirko Canevaro is Professor of Greek History at the University of Edinburgh. He has published extensively on the history of the Greek polis, particularly on Demosthenes and Athens (2013, 2016) and Aristotle's Politics (2014, 2022), on dynamics of honour and recognition, and on class struggle in the Grek polis. Alberto Esu is Lecturer in Classical Greek History at the University of Manchester. He has published on ancient Greek law and institutions, political thought, and Athenian oratory. He is the author of Divided Power in Ancient Greece: Decision-Making and Institutions in the Classical and Hellenistic Polis (2024) and has co-edited (with E. M. Harris), Keeping to the Point in Athenian Forensic Oratory: Law, Character and Rhetoric (EUP, 2025).
Acknowledgements
List of Tables and Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: New Institutionalism and Greek History
Matteo Barbato, Mirko Canevaro and Alberto Esu
PART I: INSTITUTIONS, CONSTITUTIONS, JUSTICE, AND THE LAWS
1. Nomothesia and Financial Administration: Institutional Development and ‘Constitutionalisation’ in Fourth-Century Athens
Mirko Canevaro
2. Institutions and Legal Discourse in Classical and Hellenistic Sparta
Alberto Esu
3. The Discourse of the Ancestral Constitution in the Early Hellenistic Period
Laura Loddo
4. ‘Another’s Justice’: A New Institutionalist Approach to the Rise of Foreign Judges in the Hellenistic World
Matt Simonton
PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND CITIZENSHIP
5. Citizenship in the Greek Polis: An Institutionalist Approach
Michele Faraguna
6. Non-Citizens in Athenian Associations
James Kierstead
PART III: INSTITUTIONS, DELIBERATION, AND LEADERSHIP
7. Rules, Practices, Narratives: Managing Decrees in Classical Athens
Peter Liddel
8. Deliberative Justice? Pursuing Self-Interest and Helping the Wronged in Athenian International Relations
Matteo Barbato
9. Deliberative Institutions, Political Culture and Society from Classical to Hellenistic Iasos
Roberta Fabiani
10. The Strategos in the Classical Period. Path Dependence, Decision-Making, and Military Leadership
Matteo Zaccarini
PART IV: INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS BEYOND THE POLIS
11. New Institutionalism and Federal Structures in Ancient Greece: The Case of the Boeotian Territorial Network
Christel Müller
12. Institutional Isomorphism, Hellenisation, and the Southern Illyrian Communities as a Case Study
Chiara Lasagni
Conclusions: Critical Overview and Future Research Directions in the Study of Ancient Greek Institutions
Alain Bresson
Bibliography
General Index
Index Locorum
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.11.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | New Approaches to Ancient Greek Institutional History |
| Zusatzinfo | 4 b&w images and 2 tables |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3995-3328-2 / 1399533282 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3995-3328-7 / 9781399533287 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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