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ALFRED DE GRAZIA
Volume Two of
THE ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
NEW, REVISED EDITION
in Two Volumes
CHAPTER 1 : The State and Authority |
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Defining the State and Sovereignty |
THE STATE-TERRITORY, POPULATION, GOVERNMENT INDEPENDENCE |
NO "LAW" OF STATE EVOLUTION |
MYTH OF THE SOCIAL COMPACT |
SOVEREIGNTY |
LEGITIMACY |
THE THREE TYPES OF LEGITIMACY |
LEGITIMACY IS OFTEN MIXED |
LEGITIMACY AND DISORDER |
The Instruments of Authority |
LEGITIMACY ABETS POWER |
POLITICAL EDUCATION AND PROPAGANDA |
FORCE AND VIOLENCE |
ECONOMIC MEASURES AND MANIPULATION |
POLITICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE COMMONLY EMPLOYED TOGETHER |
The Classification of Governmental Forms |
CLASSIFICATION BY FORMS OF LEGITIMACY |
THE CLASSICAL DIVISION |
ELITE AND MASS |
DEGREE OF CENTRALIZATION |
FORMS OF INTEGRATION |
The Limits of State Activity |
EXTENT OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION |
LIMITS OF GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITY |
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CHAPTER 2 : Law and Constitutionalism |
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The Analysis of Law |
THREE WAYS OF STUDYING LAW |
LAW AS CUSTOM |
LAW AS ETHICAL PRINCIPLES |
LEGAL RELATIVISM VERSUS "NATURAL LAW" |
LAW DEFINED |
THE QUALITIES OF LAW EXPLAINED |
LAWS CLASSIFIED BY FORMAL AUTHORSHIP |
THE COMMON LAW |
JUDGE-MADE LAW |
LEGISLATION |
POPULAR LAW |
OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS ARE USEFUL |
Development of Constitutions |
CONSTITUTION DEFINED |
ORIGIN OF THE TERM |
LEVELLER CRITICISMS OF THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION |
EARLY CONSTITUTIONAL IDEAS IN AMERICA |
CONSTITUTIONS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD |
POLITICAL OPPONENTS STAND AGREED ON CONSTITUTIONS |
AMENDMENT |
CONSTITUTIONS AND AMERICAN LEGALISM |
THE IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCES OF AN "UNCHANGEABLE" CONSTITUTION |
MEANINGLESS WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS |
Constitutionalism |
CONSTITUTIONALISM AND CONSENSUS |
RULE OF LAW DEFINED |
JURIDICAL DEFENSE DEFINED |
FACTORS AFFECTING CONSTITUTIONALISM |
SEPARATION OF POWERS |
ECONOMIC CONCENTRATIONS |
CHURCH-STATE SEPARATION |
STANDING ARMIES |
ROLE OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE |
THE VARIOUS FACTORS OPERATE TOGETHER IN CONSTITUTIONALISM |
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CHAPTER 3 : Legislatures |
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Government by Legislature |
COMING OF THE AGE OF LEGISLATIVE SUPREMACY |
LIMITS TO POWER OF LEGISLATURES ALWAYS PRESENT |
MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF LEGISLATURES |
BICAMERALISM |
CONSERVATISM OF UPPER HOUSES |
DECLINE OF UPPER HOUSES |
EFFECTS OF REMAINING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TILE TWO CHAMBERS |
SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR CANDIDACIES |
SIZE OF THE CHAMBERS |
PAY OF MEMBERS |
TENURE AND TURNOVER OF MEMBERSHIP |
DIFFERENCES IN GEOGRAPHICAL APPORTIONMENT |
Legislative Organization and Procedure |
LEGISLATURES FOUNDED ON OPPOSING FORCES |
"ESPRIT DE CORPS" OF ASSEMBLIES |
CLASH OF EGALITARIAN AND OLIGARCHIC PRINCIPLES IN LEGISLATURES |
FORMAL LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE AND INFORMAL PROCESS |
THE STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF OFFICES AND COMMITTEES |
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES ENTERING THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS |
EXECUTIVE INFLUENCE |
AGENCY PRESSURES |
EFFECTS OF PRESSURE GROUPS |
LEGISLATIVE BLOCS |
PUBLIC OPINION |
THE BRITISH CONTRAST |
THE FRENCH PATTERN |
THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE U.S.S.R. |
The Critical Age of Legislatures |
AGE OF LEGISLATIVE SUPREMACY OVER |
DIFFICULTY OF DEFINING LOCAL INTERESTS |
WHY LOCALISM IS A SORE POINT TODAY |
DOES A NATIONAL INTEREST EXIST? |
CERTAIN LEGISLATURES STILL FORMIDABLE IMPEDIMENTS TO EXECUTIVES |
DECLINE OF RESPECT FOR LEGISLATURES |
RESIGNATION OF THE ACTIVE COMMERCIAL CLASSES |
CLASS POLITICS ARE ANTI-LEGISLATURE |
NATIONALISM FAVORS THE EXECUTIVE |
INDICES OF THE LEGISLATURE'S WEAKENING |
THE DEFENSE: ATTACK ON THE "NATIONAL INTEREST" IDEA |
ALLIANCES OF LEGISLATURES WITH GROUP INTERESTS |
CONTROLLING THE EXECUTIVE |
LEGISLATURES MAY CLAIM ONLY A CRITICAL FUNCTION |
INCREASING THE MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY OF LEGISLATURES |
CLEANER DESKS AND SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURES |
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CHAPTER 4 : Executives and Chiefs of State |
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Functions of the Executive |
EXECUTIVES AND ADMINISTRATORS DISTINGUISHED |
UNIVERSAL TASKS OF AN EXECUTIVE |
THE PLACE OF SUBJECT-MATTER KNOWLEDGE |
THE DEMANDS OF POLITICS AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE SKILL |
U.S.S.R. HIERARCHY FAVORS POLITICS OVER SPECIALIZED SKILL |
DISCIPLINE AMONG TOP EXECUTIVES |
The Presidency: A Case Study |
REPRESENTATIVE, LEADER, AND ADMINISTRATOR |
THE PRESIDENT EXPRESSES NATIONAL SENTIMENTS |
THE PRESIDENT AS POLICY LEADER |
RECOMMENDING LEGISLATION |
VETO POWER |
FOREIGN RELATIONS |
EXECUTION OF THE LAWS |
EXECUTIVE DISCRETION |
EXECUTIVE COMMANDS |
APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL POWER |
THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET |
NEW FORMS OF DISCRETION |
Top Executive Structures |
THE ROLE OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES IN A CULTURE |
SIGNIFICANCE OF SINGLE EXECUTIVES |
ADMINISTRATION HAS DEVELOPED FROM PERSONAL RULE |
EFFECTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD |
AMERICAN TRIALS OF EXECUTIVE ARRANGEMENTS |
THE LEGISLATIVE- AND CONSTITUENCY-INFLUENCED DECENTRALIZED EXECUTIVE |
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CHAPTER 5 : Public Administration |
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The Goals of Administration |
FUNCTIONAL GOALS |
INSTRUMENTAL GOALS |
STIPULATED GOALS |
INTRUSIVE GOALS |
Productivity and Utilization of Resources |
THE USE OF POSDCORB IN HIERARCHICAL PYRAMIDS |
THE DIVISION OF LABOR |
LONG TENURE OF OFFICE AND "PAPER MEMORY" |
ORGANIZATION OF A GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION |
LINE, AUXILIARY, AND STAFF AGENCIES |
EFFICIENCY CONTROLS IN THE U.S.S.R. |
JOB CLASSIFICATION |
FORMAL AND INFORMAL ORGANIZATION |
DISCIPLINE AND INTERNAL CONTROLS |
INFORMAL PENALTIES USED MORE THAN FORMAL |
Effects on the Administered Population |
MINIMIZING THE DISTURBANCES CAUSED BY POLICIES |
ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS OVER PEOPLE |
IMPORTANCE OF AGGRESSIVE-DEFENSIVE PATTERN OF AGENCY ACTIONS |
CONFLICTS BETWEEN "EFFICIENCY" AND "HUMAN RESISTANCES" |
WHEN FORCE ENCOUNTERS RESISTANCES, PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS ARE FOSTERED |
HOW TO DETERMINE DISTRESS AMONG THE ADMINISTERED |
THE SAMPLE SURVEY |
Consultation with Administered Populations |
CONSULTATION MEANS CO-ADMINISTRATION |
DIFFICULTIES OF CONSULTATION |
Personal Careers and Partisanship |
INTRUSIVE OBJECTIVES OF ADMINISTRATION |
PRIVATE MOTIVES FOR PUBLIC SERVICE |
PRIVATE MOTIVES TAMED BY THE SERVICE |
PROMOTION BY MERIT NO SIMPLE MATTER |
PARTISANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION |
CAN PARTIES DO WITHOUT PATRONAGE? |
The Customs of Administrative Offices |
AGENCIES EXIST FOR THEIR OWN SAKE |
STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL AND EMPIRE-BUILDING |
"OCCUPATIONAL PERSONALITY" |
AMERICAN BUREAUCRACY NOT RIGID |
HOW BUREAUCRATIC PERSONALITY IS BORN |
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CHAPTER 6 : The Courts |
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The Rise and Power of Court Systems |
SELF-HELP IN LAW ENFORCEMENT |
DEVELOPMENT OF ROMAN AND ENGLISH LAW SYSTEMS |
ROMAN LAW MORE SYSTEMATIC |
ENGLISH-TYPE COURTS MORE HOSTILE TO LEGISLATION |
ROMAN AND TEUTONIC LAW SIDE BY SIDE FOR CENTURIES |
NEITHER SYSTEM IDENTIFIED WITH "LIBERTY" |
THE GROWTH OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE |
ENGLISH COURTS AND THE SEPARATION OF POWERS |
ENGLISH COURT SYSTEM |
FRENCH COURT SYSTEM AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS |
APPOINTMENT AND ELECTION OF JUDGES IN AMERICA |
Judicial Review and the American Courts |
JUDICIAL REVIEW NOT A RADICAL STEP |
MARBURY V. MADISON |
CONFLICT OVER THE DECISION |
THE RESULTS OF JUDICIAL REVIEW CONSIDERABLE |
THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM BASED ON CONSTITUTION |
INDEPENDENT STATE COURT SYSTEMS |
The Judicial Process |
JUDICIAL PROCESS AND CONSTITUTIONALISM |
THE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF JUDICIAL PROCESS |
WIDE VARIETY OF PROCEDURES AMONG VARIOUS LEVELS OF COURTS |
CERTAIN RIGHTS PRESENT GENERALLY |
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON COURT PROCEDURE |
JUSTICE METED OUT IS INFLUENCED BY SOCIETY |
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PRESSURES |
EFFECT OF MODE OF SELECTION |
PERSONALITY OF JUDGES A FACTOR |
JUDICIAL LOGIC NOT A CLOSED SYSTEM |
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF PURELY "DEDUCTIVE" LAW |
THE "LAW" AS "PROPHECY" |
THE FALLACIOUS IDEA OF "NO RULES IN LAW" |
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CHAPTER 7 : Local Institutions |
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From Tribe to Metropolis |
UNIVERSAL NATURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
THE SUBJECTION OF INDEPENDENT CITIES TO NATIONS |
REGIONALISM AND LOCALISM REMAIN STRONG |
ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONALISM VERSUS POLITICAL REGIONALISM |
ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS |
UNITS OF GOVERNMENT |
URBANIZATION |
URBAN AND RURAL SOCIETIES |
THE INTERNAL COMPLICATIONS OF LOCAL SOCIETY |
LOCAL ATTACHMENTS VARY AMONG INDIVIDUALS |
LOCAL PROXIMITY GROUPS |
HIGH PHYSICAL MOBILITY IN AMERICA |
THE SUBURBAN PROBLEM |
Patterns of Local Political Institutions |
COMMON FEATURES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
LEGISLATION REGULATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMES FROM ABOVE |
STRUCTURE OF CONTROL FROM ABOVE |
ADMINISTRATIVE RULE IN FRANCE |
THE COMMUNIST PARTY AS SUPERVISOR OF SOVIET LOCALITIES |
LOCAL POLITICAL OFFICERS |
FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICERS ANALOGOUS TO NATIONAL ONES |
THE STRUCTURE OF AMERICAN CITY GOVERNMENT |
CITY COUNCILS |
COUNCIL-MANAGER FORM STRESSES EFFICIENCY |
COMMISSION AND TOWN-MEETING FORMS |
AMERICAN TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT |
GOVERNMENTAL FORMS MORE UNIFORM ABROAD |
SEPARATION OF POWERS WEAK IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
Politics, Patronage, and Administration |
"COURTHOUSE GANG" AND CITY HALL |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITHOUT POLITICS IMPOSSIBLE |
LOCAL POLITICAL MACHINES AND ADMINISTRATION |
LOCAL CAREER ADMINISTRATORS |
Outstanding Local Problems |
STATE-LOCAL CO-OPERATION |
CONSOLIDATION OF UNITS OF GOVERNMENT |
HOME-RULE MOVEMENTS |
DISTINCTION BETWEEN ADMINISTRATIVE AND POLITICAL CONTROLS |
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CHAPTER 8 : Federalism |
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The Varieties of Federalism |
LOCAL AND CENTRAL BODIES MAY BE DISSIMILAR |
FEDERALISM A LOCAL-CENTRAL COMPROMISE |
THE STRENGTH OF LOCAL VALUES |
CENTRALIZATION NOT INEXORABLE DESTINY |
THE DELIAN LEAGUE |
THE GERMAN EMPIRE, 1870-1918 |
THE SWISS CONFEDERACY |
THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA |
THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS |
THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS |
CONFEDERATION IN THE UNITED STATES |
Federalism in America |
THE SOLUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION |
DIVISION OF FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY |
INTERLOCKING RELATIONSHIPS |
THE POLITICAL POWER |
THE JUDICIAL POWER |
THE TAXING POWER |
THE PROTECTIVE POWER |
SEPARATIST FEDERALISM |
CO-OPERATIVE FEDERALISM |
GRANTS |
CONDITIONAL GRANTS |
CO-OPERATION WITHOUT A FINANCIAL NEXUS |
INTERSTATE RELATIONS |
Modern Federalism in the Balance |
FEDERALISM OPERATING UNDER ADVERSE CONDITIONS |
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CENTRALIZATION |
ECONOMIC AND EXTERNAL CRISIS |
INEQUALITIES AND DEPENDENCY OF LOCALITIES |
ENTHUSIASM FOR UNIFORMITY |
THE FAILURE OF WILL |
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CHAPTER 9 : International Organization |
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Roman World Order and Its Medieval Myth |
ANCIENT GREEKS FAILED TO ORGANIZE PEACE |
TECHNIQUES OF ROMAN EXPANSION |
"E PLURIBUS UNUM" |
"JUS GENTIUM" |
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF ROME |
The Equilibrium of Nations and International Law |
FORMATION OF THE MODERN STATE SYSTEM |
BALANCE OF POWER DISTINGUISHED |
HISTORICAL EXAMPLES |
THE STRATEGY OF THE BALANCE |
PREMISES OF BALANCE-OF-POWER POLITICS |
THE DECLINE OF DIPLOMACY |
THE CAREER OF INTERNATIONAL LAW |
METHODS OF SETTLING INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES |
SOURCES AND SANCTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW |
Peace and Law by Co-operative Force |
THE VARIETY OF PLANS |
RELATION OF BALANCE OF POWER TO A WORLD ORDER |
ORIGINS OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS |
COMPLEX ORGANIZATION OF THE LEAGUE |
THE FAILURE OF THE MAJOR GOALS |
THE UNITED NATIONS TRIES AGAIN: THE SECURITY COUNCIL |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND MINOR BODIES |
Regionalism |
Capabilities of the United Nations |
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CHAPTER 10 : Epilogue: Political Science and the New World Order |
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The New Political Science |
SOURCES OF CHANGE |
NEW METHODS AND SUBJECTS |
THE FUTURE DISCIPLINE |
INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK EXPANDED |
THE NEW LANGUAGE |
THE MACHINERY OF SCIENCE |
POLICY SCIENCE TO BE ENLARGED |
The Transforming World |
RECENT ECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE |
THE COMING CRISIS |
THE COMMUNIST METHOD |
CHANGING COMMUNISM |
WEAKNESSES OF NON-COMMUNISTS |
TIME AND EDUCATION |
MILITARY STRENGTH AND CONTROLS NEEDED |
THE VITAL INTELLIGENTSIA |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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