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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... government toward that wherein a small group of leaders , or a single leader , claims to represent and speak for the ... central sovereignty which can alone stand legitimately for the people . Although Burnham was clearly referring to ...
... government and a society that are imperfect , with some prob- lems and conflicts that cannot be eliminated or resolved . Congress itself is , of course , an arena for the ... central government INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION xxi.
James Burnham. is , those who hold office in a central government , human life will greatly improve . Government should have the maximum power to implement the rational solutions to problems . Logically , of course , this means that ...
... central truth is the insight that there is no adequate rational ex- planation for the existence and effective working of government , much less for good or fairly good government . ( I rule out of the definition of " government " a ...
James Burnham. government ( and thus the governors who compose the government ) ... central in the destiny of the nation that they were founding . " Among the ... government is essential to that security against external and internal danger ...
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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 |