Kellam Conover-Bribery in Classical Athens (古雅典时期行贿受贿) (2010).pdf

BRIBERY IN CLASSICAL ATHENS

Kellam Conover

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ABSTRACT
This dissertation proposes a fresh look at bribery and its regulation to examine
how bribery shaped the development of the ancient Athenian democracy (508/7
322
BCE). Political scientists and monly treat bribery as a kind of
inefficiency that can be minimized through proper institutional incentives and legal
sanctions within a static polity. Yet Athens’ democracy was anything but static, and the
very ‘problem’ of dōrodokia changed considerably over time. Exploring this dynamic
change thus refocuses our understanding of the relationship between bribery and
democracy.
As Chapter One shows, the concept of dōrodokia was used to distinguish between
legitimate and illegitimate forms of political collaboration vital to the ess of the
democracy. Rather than define dōrodokia by the context in which the gift, favor, or
payment was made, the Athenians looked to the e of the transaction. ‘Good’
results, pr