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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James Burnham. TO MARCIA who , somewhat to her surprise , caused this book I speak now of mixed bodies , as common- wealths.
... bodies of men are of long duration , unless they be renewed ; and the way to renew them is to re- duce them to their ... body must of necessity die , unless something intervenes that reduces it to its first principles . NICCOLO ...
... bodies , such as parliaments or local govern- ments , to be wholly dependent on the central sovereignty which can alone stand legitimately for the people . Although Burnham was clearly referring to political conditions in countries such ...
... body , and mind ; as that though there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in body , or of quicker mind than another ; yet when all is reckoned together , the difference between man , and man , is not so considerable , as ...
... body - politic , to protect it , and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquillity their natural rights , and the blessings of life .... At Philadelphia James Madison asserted even more ...
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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 |