The second volume of The Athenian Ecclesia covers the author's articles on the subject in the period 1983-1989 on the working and functioning of the Athenian assembly. The book covers a variety of elements in the discussion of the Ecclesia, such as politicians, the political organisation of Attica, how the assembly met and what and of whom it consisted.
Herman Mogens Hansen is a professor in the Department of Greek and Latin Studies at the University of Copenhagen and is the director of the Polis-centre research group. He is also the author of, among others, Aspects of Athenian Democracy.