[PDF] The Peoples Government eBook

Author : David Jayne Hill
Publisher : General Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 2009-08
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ISBN : 9781458933065

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Unhappily, the. conception of sovereignty remained substantially unmodified. For the supreme power of kings was to be substituted the supreme power of the people. As a matter of fact, the people had become more powerful than their rulers. It was, therefore, their turn to rule; their turn to become the source of law; their turn to impose their absolute will; their turn to define treason, and to inflict death as a punishment. THE TRANSFER OF POWER TO THE PEOPLE The fact of this reversal of positions is not, however, so significant for the welfaret of the community as it may at first appear. The substance of the State was not essentially altered by a mere change of masters. - Supreme power, which had previously been exclusively in the hands of monarchs, aided by their counselors, was, indeed, transferred to the hands of the people, or of those who were supposed to represent them; but the change was far less a transformation of the State than a mere alteration in the control of its power to exact obedience. Call the roll of the persons who, after the Revolution in France, became the chief depositories of power, and ask the question, In what sense was its exercise ameliorated? and you are immediately impressed by the fact that authority, in any defensible sense, had made no substantial progress in defining its essential nature, as distinguished from mere power to compel obedience. The populace of Paris; Brissot, with his policy of a universal war on kings; Danton, and the massacres of the nobility by the Commune; Robespierre, and the culte de la Raison; the impersonal reign of War and Famine in the midst of universal terror; the Directory; the Consulate; Napoleon Bonaparte?liberator, emperor, and conqueror of Europe?were these less tyrannical than the King they ..

Author : Del Dickson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 21,97 MB
Release : 2014-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1107043875

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Examines the strengths and weaknesses of democracy, in multiple forms, in multiple locations.

Author : Thomas Goebel
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807853610

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Between 1898 and 1918, many American states introduced the initiative, referendum, and recall--known collectively as direct democracy. Most interpreters have seen the motives for these reform measures as purely political, but Goebel demonstrates that the call for direct democracy was deeply rooted in antimonopoly sentiment. Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of direct democracy, particularly in California, and Goebel's analysis of direct democracy's history, evolution, and ultimate unsuitability as a grassroots tool is particularly timely.

Author : Neil Collins
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 19,8 MB
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780719084287

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The Chinese political system is the subject of much media and popular comment in part because China supports an economy with an apparently inexorable dynamic and impressive record of achievement. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to China's political system, outlining the major features of the Chinese model and highlighting its claims and challenges. It explores the central role of the Communist Party in the country's politics and the way in which the Party controls most elements of the political system. The book also draws parallels with previous historical periods in China's history. Finally, it addresses the question of what kind of role the People's Republic of China will play in global politics as a whole, the implications for the West and the re-balancing of relations between China and its neighbors.

Author : Joseph S. Nye
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,86 MB
Release : 1997-10-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674940574

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Confidence in American government has been declining for three decades. Leading Harvard scholars here explore the roots of this mistrust by examining the government's current scope, its actual performance, citizens' perceptions of its performance, and explanations that have been offered for the decline of trust.

Author : William J. Novak
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 25,81 MB
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0807863653

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Much of today's political rhetoric decries the welfare state and our maze of government regulations. Critics hark back to a time before the state intervened so directly in citizens' lives. In The People's Welfare, William Novak refutes this vision of a stateless past by documenting America's long history of government regulation in the areas of public safety, political economy, public property, morality, and public health. Challenging the myth of American individualism, Novak recovers a distinctive nineteenth-century commitment to shared obligations and public duties in a well-regulated society. Novak explores the by-laws, ordinances, statutes, and common law restrictions that regulated almost every aspect of America's society and economy, including fire regulations, inspection and licensing rules, fair marketplace laws, the moral policing of prostitution and drunkenness, and health and sanitary codes. Based on a reading of more than one thousand court cases in addition to the leading legal and political texts of the nineteenth century, The People's Welfare demonstrates the deep roots of regulation in America and offers a startling reinterpretation of the history of American governance.

Author : David Orr
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 10,21 MB
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1620975149

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A stellar group of America's leading political thinkers explore how to reboot our democracy The presidential election of 2016 highlighted some long-standing flaws in American democracy and added a few new ones. Across the political spectrum, most Americans do not believe that democracy is delivering on its promises of fairness, justice, shared prosperity, or security in a changing world. The nation cannot even begin to address climate change and economic justice if it remains paralyzed by political gridlock. Democracy Unchained is about making American democracy work to solve problems that have long impaired our system of governance. The book is the collective work of thirty of the most perceptive writers, practitioners, scientists, educators, and journalists writing today, who are committed to moving the political conversation from the present anger and angst to the positive and constructive change necessary to achieve the full promise of a durable democracy that works for everyone and protects our common future. Including essays by Yasha Mounk on populism, Chisun Lee on money and politics, Ras Baraka on building democracy from the ground up, and Bill McKibben on climate, Democracy Unchained is the articulation of faith in democracy and will be required reading for all who are working to make democracy a reality. Table of Contents Foreword Introduction David W. Orr Part I. The Crisis of Democracy Populism and Democracy Yascha Mounk Reconstructing Our Constitutional Democracy K. Sabeel Rahman Restoring Healthy Party Competition Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson When Democracy Becomes Something Else: The Problem of Elections and What to Do About It Andrew Gumbel The Best Answer to Money in Politics After Citizens United: Public Campaign Financing in the Empire State and Beyond Chisun Lee Remaking the Presidency After Trump Jeremi Suri The Problem of Presidentialism Stephen Skowronek Part II. Foundations of Democracy Renewing the American Democratic Faith Steven C. Rockefeller American Land, American Democracy Eric Freyfogle Race and Democracy: The Kennedys, Obama, Trump, and Us Michael Eric Dyson Liberty and Justice for All: Latina Activist Efforts to Strengthen Democracy in 2018 Maria Hinojosa What Black Women Teach Us About Democracy Andra Gillespie and Nadia E. Brown Engines of Democracy: Racial Justice and Cultural Power Rashad Robinson Civic and Environmental Education: Protecting the Planet and Our Democracy Judy Braus The Supreme Court's Legitimacy Crisis and Constitutional Democracy’s Future Dawn Johnsen Part III. Policy Challenges Can Democracy Survive the Internet? David Hickton The New New Deal: How to Reregulate Capitalism Robert Kuttner First Understand Why They're Winning: How to Save Democracy from the Anti-Immigrant Far Right Sasha Polakow-Suransky No Time Left: How the System Is Failing to Address Our Ultimate Crisis Bill McKibben Powering Democracy Through Clean Energy Denise G. Fairchild The Long Crisis: American Foreign Policy Before and After Trump Jessica Tuchman Mathews Part IV. Who Acts, and How? The Case for Strong Government William S. Becker The States Nick Rathod Democracy in a Struggling Swing State Amy Hanauer Can Independent Voters Save American Democracy? Why 42 Percent of American Voters Are Independent and How They Can Transform Our Political System Jaqueline Salit and Thom Reilly Philanthropy and Democracy Stephen B. Heintz Keeping the Republic Dan Moulthrop The Future of Democracy Mayor Ras Baraka Building a University Where All People Matter Michael M. Crow, William B. Dabars, and Derrick M. Anderson Biophilia and Direct Democracy Timothy Beatley Purpose-Driven Capitalism Mindy Lubber Restoring Democracy: Nature's Trust, Human Survival, and Constitutional Fiduciary Governance 397 Mary Christina Wood Conclusion Ganesh Sitaraman