Achaeans, Indians and Europeans: A Comparison of federations

Emmanouil-Marios-Lazaros Economou () and Nicholas Kyriazis

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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.

Keywords: Federations; democratization; cohesion; Achaean Federation; EU; India. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H5 H56 H6 H77 K10 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-07-13
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