| NAME |
TOPICS |
| Jeremy
Boviard |
Comparison
of Athens, Saratoga Springs and Newton, MA:
- voting
trends, representation, civic responsibilities, civil services,
and the most crucial elements for a properly functioning democracy
|
| Jordan
Bell |
Comparison
of Athens (and Rome?), Saratoga Springs and Trumbull, CT:
- civic
participation and civic discourse
- voting
methods
- proposed
change: uncertain specifically, but some aspect of improving
civic participation
|
| Ben
Johnson |
Comparison
of Athens and Saratoga Springs:
- civic
discourse and the dialogue between the people and civic leaders
- methods
for running the city council and the ekklesia
|
| Alex
Rindler |
Comparison
of Athens and Saratoga Springs:
- inefficiency
and ineffectiveness of the city commission form of government
- proposed
change: strong mayor/council form of government
|
| Francesca
Fanelli |
Comparison
of Athens, Saratoga Springs and Westport, CT:
- focus
on Pericles, Mike Lenz and Valerie Keehn
- proposed
change: strong mayor/council form of government
|
| Michal
Adut |
Comparison
of Athens, Saratoga Springs (and NYC?):
- focus
on the mayor vs. the archon basileus
- proposed
change: strong mayor/council form of government
|
| Ray
Sultan |
Comparison
of Athens, Saratoga Springs and NYC:
- appointment
and election of officials
- proposed
change: importing the boule and ekklesia to Saratoga Springs
(focusing on civic participation and the process of elections)
|
| Susie
Warden |
Comparison
of Athens and Saratoga Springs:
- balance
of power among the various elements of each democracy
|
| Rebecca
Sandler |
Comparison
of Athens and Saratoga Springs (and possibly at the federal level):
- role
of women in political life
|
| Mugi
Ayurzana |
Comparison(?)
of Athens and Saratoga Springs:
- "perfect"
democracy depends upon
- equal
opportunity for all to participate
- well-informed
and responsible citizens
- manageable
size of community
- selection
of the capable to lead
- power
of the leading individual constrained
- level
of community's morality high
|
| Tim
Birke |
Comparison
of Athens and Saratoga Springs:
- civic
participation:
- voter
participation (and turnout): voluntary vs. mandatory
- election/appointment
to office
- voting
on referenda
- proposed
change: facilitate an increase in civic participation
|
| Rob
Chakravarty |
Comparison
of Athens, Saratoga Springs, New Jersey and the federal government:
- what
will be the impact of importing Athenian direct democracy on
these various levels of contemporary American forms of governance?
- what
will be the impact of importing the Athenian legal system -
the lawcourts - on local, county, state and federal courts?
- proposed
change: can the executive branch be replaced with something
akin to the strategoi of Athens?
|
| Toph
Brown |
Comparison
(?) of Athens and Saratoga Springs:
- role
of power, and how power was determined
- proposed
change: ?
|
| Dick
Smith |
Comparison
of Athens and Saratoga Springs:
- service
to the community, role of universal suffrage, decline in civic
participation and social capital, breakdown of civic discourse,
motivation of new electoral systems
- proposed
change: selective citizenship - citizens who vote and participate
in affairs, and civilians who cannot.
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