The Achaean Federation in Ancient Greece - Emmanouil M. L. Economou

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History, Political and Economic Organisation, Warfare and Strategy

Emmanouil M. L. Economou (Autor)

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2020 | 1st ed. 2020
XXIX, 260 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-52697-9 (ISBN)

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This book analyses ancient Greek federalism by focusing on one of the most organised and advanced Greek federal states, the Achaean Federation Sympoliteia. Unlike earlier studies that mainly focused on its political history, this book adopts an interdisciplinary approach, analysing aspects of the economic organization and institutions, and the political economy of the Achaean Federation, and combining these findings with political history. It also discusses the strategic choices made by significant historical figures such as generals Aratos and Philopoemen. The analysis of the Achaean Federation verifies the intertemporal federal axiom, which states that the success and viability of federal experiment is achieved when the benefits of participation for the member-states exceed the costs of conferring national sovereignty on supranational federal authorities.

The book further argues that the Achaeans developed a system of sophisticated direct democratic procedures in decision-making on federal matters, as well as significant and highly sophisticated (for the era) economic institutions and federal practices, in order to achieve bonds of trust and legitimacy regarding their innovative federal structure. These practices included, among others, the creation of free market type economic institutions, a monetary union, federal budget, provision of public goods and a common defense and security policy for all the Achaean city-state members. Lastly, the book relates these findings to ideas on how the Achaean Federation would have dealt with a series of current global issues, such as European Union integration and problems such as Euroscepticism, Brexit and immigration.

Emmanouil M.L. Economou holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Thessaly, Department of Economics and he is currently an Adjunct Lecturer at the same. His research focuses on Economic History, Institutional Economics, International Political Economy, Public Economics and Defence Economics.

He has already published several books in Greek and English language and contributed to numerous international collective books and prestigious peer-reviewed journals in both languages. He is also a reviewer in various academic journals.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.10.2020
Reihe/Serie	Frontiers in Economic History
Reihe/Serie	Frontiers in Economic History
Zusatzinfo	XXIX, 260 p. 21 illus., 13 illus. in color.
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Achaean federal state • Ancient Greek federalism • Economic structure of ancient Greece • History of common currency • History of unified markets • The Achaean Sympoliteia
ISBN-10	3-030-52697-6 / 3030526976
ISBN-13	978-3-030-52697-9 / 9783030526979

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