Democracy: The Unfinished Journey, 508 BC to Ad 1993The form of democracy first introduced 2,500 years ago by Kleisthenes introduced, some scholars say, for his own personal gain is quite different from what we call democracy today. And yet what was essentially a casual, practical solution to local Greek political difficulties has come to stand virtually unchallenged as the ground for modern political authority, and the questions which the Greeks first raised about the meaning of democratic rule still