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Achaeans, Indians and Europeans: A Comparison of federations

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  • Economou, Emmanouel/Marios/Lazaros
  • Kyriazis, Nicholas

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In the present essay we undertake the comparison of three federations, the ancient Greek Achaean, with the modern Indian and the European Union (EU). We elaborate a set of criteria, democratization and cohesion, which include each four sub-criteria, in order to analyse the institutional set-up of the federations. We compare the three federations according to three criteria and conclude that the Achaean ranks first as to democratization, being the most democratic, with the EU a distant third, while as to cohesion, the Achaean and Indian rank close together, with the EU again a distant third.

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  • Economou, Emmanouel/Marios/Lazaros & Kyriazis, Nicholas, 2014. "Achaeans, Indians and Europeans: A Comparison of federations," MPRA Paper 57289, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Federations; democratization; cohesion; Achaean Federation; EU; India.;
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    JEL classification:

    • H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
    • K10 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - General (Constitutional Law)
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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