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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... merely the " agents for the will of the masses . " " 9 In short , liberty requires the greatest possible diffusion of power . The more diffuse the power is , the more latitude there is for individual freedom . When Burnham wrote The ...
... it possible , when one of them is accepted by the community , for government to be something other than mere brute force . 5. Thomas Hobbes , Leviathan . But why should I accept the hereditary or democratic or THE MIRACLE OF GOVERNMENT 7.
... mere quack- eries aptly invented to trick the masses into obedience . Anyone who viewed them in that light would fall into grave error . The truth is that they answer a real need in man's social nature ; and this need , so uni- versally ...
... mere theory . In historical fact we find that groups which do not accept a principle of legitimacy derived from tradition , custom or faith always undergo a crisis in trying to solve the problem of succession , no matter how rational ...
... merely that " We the people of the States of New Hampshire , Massachusetts ... [ which the final version changed to " We , the people of the United States ... " ] do ordain , declare , and establish the following Constitution for 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 |