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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... Branch , 157 XII . The Purse , 169 XIII . And The Sword , 184 XIV . The Problem of Treaties , 194 XV . The Escape of the Treaty Power , 205 XVI . The Investigatory Power , 221 XVII . The Attack on Investigations , 236 XVIII ...
... branch would 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 ...
... American Tradi- tion that , within the American government , power is moving from the Legislative to the Executive Branch . Although he did suggest that rule by a managerial class xiv INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION.
... branch . Although advertised as a sequel to The Managerial Revo- lution , it also relies heavily on The Machiavellians and , as a critique of liberalism , serves as an introduction to Suicide of the West.19 The changes that Burnham saw ...
... branch , however , which has be- come an enormous bureaucracy , does not represent diverse interests and regions . Instead , the Presidency is seen as the agent of the will of the masses , which renders the Presidency susceptible to ...
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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 |