Congress and the American TraditionTransaction Publishers - 363 páginas Most Americans would probably be surprised to hear that, in 1959, James Burnham, a leading political thinker questioned whether Congress would survive, and whether the Executive Branch of the American government would become a dictatorship. In the last decade, members of Congress have impeached a president, rejected or refused to consider presidential nominees, and appear in the media criticizing the chief executive. Congress does not exactly appear to be at risk of expiring. Regardless of how we perceive Congress today, more than forty years after Congress and the American Tradition was written, Burnham's questions, arguments, and political analysis still have much to tell us about freedom and political order. |
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... become a dictatorship . In this post - Watergate era , as long as members of Congress can impeach a president , reject or refuse even to consider presidential judicial nominees , reject or greatly modify legislation proposed by the ...
... become chairman of the Philosophy Department at New York University , in 1929 arranged for Burnham to be hired as a professor of philosophy , a subject in which Burnham had become well versed . At first , Burnham's interests remained ...
... become a kind of political mentor to him , and partly through his rationally arriving at the conclusion , as he wrote in October 1933 , that the only possibilities were communism , fascism , " or complete breakdown . " With some ...
... become rampant . It can hardly be denied that this trend exists , that it is the most indis- putable political tendency of our generation . In every advanced na- tion we observe the evolution of the form of government toward that ...
... becomes unjust by taking away too much power from the citizens . Another argu- ment is that successful government and social order are not the prod- uct of abstract reasoning . No abstract rational formula can ever pre- scribe the ...
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The Diffusion of Power | 45 |
Power and Limits | 62 |
Public and Private | 75 |
The Place of Congress | 91 |
The Traditional Balance | 103 |
The Escape of the Treaty Power | 205 |
The Investigatory Power | 221 |
The Attack on Investigations | 236 |
Theoretical Gravediggers | 253 |
The Case Against Congress | 262 |
The Reform of Congress | 271 |
Democracy and Liberty | 281 |
The Logic of Democratism | 290 |
The Fall of Congress | 127 |
The LawMaking Power | 140 |
The Rise of the Fourth Branch | 157 |
The Purse | 169 |
And The Sword | 184 |
The Problem of Treaties | 194 |
Conditions of Liberty | 301 |
What Is a Majority | 311 |
Leader of the Masses Assembly of the People | 317 |
Can Congress Survive? | 333 |