Divided Power in Ancient Greece: Decision-Making and Institutions in the Classical and Hellenistic Polis...

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Alberto Esu (Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Zurich)

Divided Power in Ancient Greece

Decision-Making and Institutions in the Classical and Hellenistic Polis

Alberto Esu (Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Zurich)

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Oxford University Press
06 June 2024

Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Political structure & processes; Legal history

How did the division of power work in Ancient Greece? This groundbreaking study reveals Ancient Greek political decision-making to be a multi-layered system of delegation and legal control. Scholars have previously examined the nature and locus of sovereignty in the Classical and Hellenistic Greek poleis through institutional, rhetorical, or ideological approaches. By concentrating on the institutional design of decree-making, Alberto Esu moves beyond unitary and hierarchical understandings of sovereignty; he presents a new view of power as divided and horizontally organized between different decision-making institutions, each one with its own discourse and expertise. Greek political decision-making is thus seen through a new institutionalist perspective that rediscovers the normative importance of political institutions as factors shaping the collective behaviour of decision-makers. Part I explores how deliberative power in decree-making was delegated in Classical Athens, Mytilene, and Hellenistic Megalopolis. Part II examines procedures of legal control and judicial review in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Divided power proves to be a feature of both democratic and non-democratic societies across the Ancient Greek world; Esu's analysis of its institutional manifestation transforms our understanding of political life--its discourses and norms--in the Ancient Greek city-states.

By: Alberto Esu (Postdoctoral Fellow Postdoctoral Fellow University of Zurich)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 574g
ISBN: 9780198883951
ISBN 10: 0198883951
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 06 June 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alberto Esu is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Zurich. He studied in Italy and the UK, completing his PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 2018. He was Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Mannheim from 2019 to 2022 and Assistant Professor of Ancient History at the University of Nottingham in 2022-23. He works on Greek institutional, legal, and socio-political history in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.