Congress and the American TraditionTransaction Publishers - 363 Seiten 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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... conduct , and they are jealous of the power they have while struggling to increase it . Almost paradoxically , the more energetic the struggle for power within the political system , the greater the latitude for freedom . Government ...
James Burnham. defects , with which they were intimately familiar in their own conduct and business . When , exceeding their formal instructions , they offered a new Constitution to the Congress and their countrymen , they moti- vated ...
... conduct , together with a consequent reluctance to initiate quick and deep alterations in traditional forms , and an effort to restrict the extent or slow the pace of changes that have become unavoidable or morally imperative . A second ...
... conduct has been established for some while create a presump- tion in favor of continuing it ? To this question a conservative will an- swer with a definite Yes ; and a liberal with No , or " very little . " This does not mean that a ...
... conduct have to last before it becomes " traditional " ? One year , ten or a hundred or a thousand ? More directly related to our inquiry : if we say that so - and - so is " part of the American tradition , " how far back must we be ...
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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 |