Achaeans, Indians and Europeans: A Comparison of federations

Economou, Emmanouel/Marios/Lazaros and Kyriazis, Nicholas (2014): Achaeans, Indians and Europeans: A Comparison of federations.

Abstract

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.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Federations, democratization, cohesion, Achaean Federation, EU, India.
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies; H - Public Economics > H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies > H56 - National Security and War; H - Public Economics > H6 - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt; H - Public Economics > H7 - State and Local Government ; Intergovernmental Relations > H77 - Intergovernmental Relations ; Federalism ; Secession; K - Law and Economics > K1 - Basic Areas of Law > K10 - General; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z13 - Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology ; Social and Economic Stratification

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