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Aristotle's "Best Regime": Kingship, Democracy, and the Rule of Law.(Book Review)

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From: The Historian
Date: 20040101
Author:Morrissey, Christopher S.

Aristotle's "Best Regime": Kingship, Democracy, and the Rule of Law. By Clifford Angell Bates Jr. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003. Pp. x, 234. $65.00.)

"Regime change" is a buzzword from the Bush White House, describing proactive projection of democracy into troubled spots around the globe. But the word "regime" is a recent translation of a Greek term with a classical pedigree: politeia. This book purports to solve the difficulties involved in, not Bush's promotion of the American "best regime," but Aristotle's political thought about the best politeia. ...

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