- Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People by Josiah Ober (1989). Examines the political dynamics between different classes in democratic Athens, with an emphasis on the role of persuasive speaking in the assembly and the court system.
- The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes: Structure, Principles, and Ideology by Mogens Herman Hansen (1999). A comprehensive account of the workings of fourth-century Athenian democracy and of Athenian political ideology.
- Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought by Jennifer T. Roberts (1994). A survey of arguments for and against democracy, from Athenian beginnings to modern debate.
- Democracy: A Life by Paul Cartledge (2016). A ramble through aspects of the nature, history and afterlife of Athenian democracy.