Larry Patriquin
Biographic Data
| ID | 211178 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larry Patriquin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larry |
| FAMILY NAME | Patriquin |
| SIGNATURE | PATRIQUIN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nipissing University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The End of Direct Democracy
This chapter covers the Hellenistic era, noting how democracy was severely curtailed in the decades after c.323 B.C., then went into a terminal decline, and was effectively dead by the beginning of the Roman Empire, if not long before. In Athens, the old vestiges of self governance continued, but in more or less weakened condition, as the Council and the Assembly were gradually neutralized. Athens’ constitution became increasingly oligarchic, esp…
How Athenian Democracy Worked
This chapter begins with a survey of Cleisthenes’ creation often new tribes in 507 B.C., highlighting the importance of this reform for the determination of who was and who was not a citizen, a determination henceforth based on decisions made not by a narrow clique of aristocrats, but by all citizens in a local area. The chapter goes on to draw out the role played by the three major institutions of Athenian democracy: the Council, the Assembly, a…
Origins of the Polis
This chapter begins with a brief history of the period prior to c.750 B.C., after which the polis began to appear as the typical form of governance throughout much of Greece. It then documents the various power struggles that occurred down to c.594 B.C., when Solon was appointed as mediator to resolve a major conflict, one that had developed within the aristocracy but also concerned relations between the rich and poor. The remainder of the chapte…
Introduction
The Introduction notes that Athens’ evident flaws are deemed fatally problematic by numerous observers, hence for them, Athens hardly qualifies as a “democracy.” Perhaps the major factor that leads numerous modern analysts to condemn the Greeks is the presence of slavery in their societies. Key to the argument of this book is opposition to the idea that slaves freed most citizens from the need to labor. It also argues against the notion that the …
Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens
This book argues that ancient democracy did not stop at the door of economic democracy, and that ancient Athens has much to tell us about the relationship between political equality and economic equal
The Ellen Meiksins Wood Reader
Capitalism The 'economic' and the 'political' in capitalism Class-power and state-power Feudalism and private property Capitalism as the privatisation of political power The localisation of class-struggle England vs. the dominant model of capitalism The bourgeois paradigm Begging the question Opportunity or imperative? The commercialisation-model Marx on the transition Towns and trade Agrarian capitalism Market-dependent producers A different kin…
The Class Ceiling of Social Rights
There is a class ceiling above social rights in capitalist societies. This article argues that this is the case because the “right” to own vast quantities of private property prevents the realization of social rights. It is suggested that augmenting political rights through the institutionalization of popular power is the key to developing substantial social rights
Author's Response
Why was there no ‘Old Poor Law’ in Scotland and Ireland
This article will attempt to explain why England's system of poor relief was not replicated in Scotland and Ireland until well into the nineteenth century. The difference rests on the development of a nation of wage-labourers in England, the result of agrarian capitalism, a process that was complete by the 1790s, at a time when the population of other European countries was overwhelmingly dominated by peasants. The unique class structure in Engla…
Inventing Tax Rage
The Historical Uniqueness of the Clinton Welfare Reforms
This essay argues that the 1996 reforms to the American welfare state have no historical precedent. They are not a return to "the poorhouse era" and are radically distinct from Great Britain's new poor law of 1834, to which they are often compared. America is the first advanced capitalist country to jettison a significant element of its welfare state and, as such, is moving into waters that are uncharted and dangerous
Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens
This book argues that ancient democracy did not stop at the door of economic democracy, and that ancient Athens has much to tell us about the relationship between political equality and economic equal
Why was there no ‘Old Poor Law’ in Scotland and Ireland
This article will attempt to explain why England's system of poor relief was not replicated in Scotland and Ireland until well into the nineteenth century. The difference rests on the development of a nation of wage-labourers in England, the result of agrarian capitalism, a process that was complete by the 1790s, at a time when the population of other European countries was overwhelmingly dominated by peasants. The unique class structure in Engla…
Inventing Tax Rage
The Historical Uniqueness of the Clinton Welfare Reforms
This essay argues that the 1996 reforms to the American welfare state have no historical precedent. They are not a return to "the poorhouse era" and are radically distinct from Great Britain's new poor law of 1834, to which they are often compared. America is the first advanced capitalist country to jettison a significant element of its welfare state and, as such, is moving into waters that are uncharted and dangerous
Inventing Tax Rage
Why was there no ‘Old Poor Law’ in Scotland and Ireland
This article will attempt to explain why England's system of poor relief was not replicated in Scotland and Ireland until well into the nineteenth century. The difference rests on the development of a nation of wage-labourers in England, the result of agrarian capitalism, a process that was complete by the 1790s, at a time when the population of other European countries was overwhelmingly dominated by peasants. The unique class structure in Engla…
Author's Response
The Ellen Meiksins Wood Reader
Capitalism The 'economic' and the 'political' in capitalism Class-power and state-power Feudalism and private property Capitalism as the privatisation of political power The localisation of class-struggle England vs. the dominant model of capitalism The bourgeois paradigm Begging the question Opportunity or imperative? The commercialisation-model Marx on the transition Towns and trade Agrarian capitalism Market-dependent producers A different kin…
The Class Ceiling of Social Rights
There is a class ceiling above social rights in capitalist societies. This article argues that this is the case because the “right” to own vast quantities of private property prevents the realization of social rights. It is suggested that augmenting political rights through the institutionalization of popular power is the key to developing substantial social rights
The End of Direct Democracy
This chapter covers the Hellenistic era, noting how democracy was severely curtailed in the decades after c.323 B.C., then went into a terminal decline, and was effectively dead by the beginning of the Roman Empire, if not long before. In Athens, the old vestiges of self governance continued, but in more or less weakened condition, as the Council and the Assembly were gradually neutralized. Athens’ constitution became increasingly oligarchic, esp…
How Athenian Democracy Worked
This chapter begins with a survey of Cleisthenes’ creation often new tribes in 507 B.C., highlighting the importance of this reform for the determination of who was and who was not a citizen, a determination henceforth based on decisions made not by a narrow clique of aristocrats, but by all citizens in a local area. The chapter goes on to draw out the role played by the three major institutions of Athenian democracy: the Council, the Assembly, a…
Origins of the Polis
This chapter begins with a brief history of the period prior to c.750 B.C., after which the polis began to appear as the typical form of governance throughout much of Greece. It then documents the various power struggles that occurred down to c.594 B.C., when Solon was appointed as mediator to resolve a major conflict, one that had developed within the aristocracy but also concerned relations between the rich and poor. The remainder of the chapte…
Introduction
The Introduction notes that Athens’ evident flaws are deemed fatally problematic by numerous observers, hence for them, Athens hardly qualifies as a “democracy.” Perhaps the major factor that leads numerous modern analysts to condemn the Greeks is the presence of slavery in their societies. Key to the argument of this book is opposition to the idea that slaves freed most citizens from the need to labor. It also argues against the notion that the …
Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens
This book argues that ancient democracy did not stop at the door of economic democracy, and that ancient Athens has much to tell us about the relationship between political equality and economic equal
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