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Political science, The State, Science politique, État

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Table of Contents

Part I. The Nature of the State
I. Political Science, The Theory of the State
1. Definition and Scope of Political Science
Page 3
2. Relation to Other Sciences
Page 6
3. Meaning of the State; Its Essential Attributes
Page 12
4. The Distinction Between State, Society, Government, and Nation
Page 15
5. The State and a Common
Page 18
6. The Ideal State
Page 18
II. Origin of the State; Fallacious Theories
1. Theory of the Social Contract
Page 21
2. Application Made of the Theory by Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau
Page 25
3. Criticism of the Theory
Page 29
4. The Theory of Divine Origin
Page 32
5. The Theory of Force
Page 34
III. The True Origin of the State
1. The Historical or Evolutionary View of the State
Page 38
2. The Patriarchal and Matriarchal Theories
Page 39
3. Course of Development: The Aristotelian Cycle
Page 43
4. Military and Economic Factors
Page 44
5. Some General Features of Political Evolution
Page 45
IV. The Sovereignty of the State
1. Analysis of the Conception of Sovereignty; Meaning of Law and Right
Page 49
2. The Location of Sovereignty in Existing Governments
Page 53
3. Criticism of the Doctrine of Sovereignty; Sir Henry Maine's Objections
Page 55
4. Theory of Political Sovereignty
Page 60
5. Criticism
Page 63
6. Dual or Divided Sovereignty
Page 65
7. Recent Criticism of the Doctrine of Sovereignty
Page 66
V. The Liberty of the Individual
1. Formulation of the Idea of Civil Liberty; Its Dependence on a Coercive Sovereign Power
Page 69
2. Special Senses Sometimes Attached to the Term 'Liberty'
Page 73
3. Organic Theory of the State
Page 76
4. Criticism
Page 78
5. Elaborate Analogies of Spencer, Schäffle, etc.; The Personality of the State
Page 80
6. Criticism
Page 83
VI. Relation of States to One Another
1. External Aspect of the State; Regulation of Its Conduct Towards Other States
Page 86
2. Evolution of International Relations: First, Second, and Third Periods
Page 88
3. Scope and Content of International Law
Page 95
4. Propriety of the Term
Page 97
5. International Arbitration
Page 100
6. The League of Nations
Page 105
VII. The Form of the State
1. The Classification of States According to Their Form; Aristotle's Divisions
Page 112
2. Later Classifications; Montesquieu, Rousseau, Bluntschli, etc.
Page 117
3. Practical Classification of Existing States
Page 120
4. The Constitution; Written and Unwritten Constitutions
Page 122
5. Origin of Written Constitutions
Page 124
6. The Distinction Between States with Written and Those with Unwritten Constitutions an Illusory Basis of Division
Page 129
7. Scope of the Constitution
Page 132
8. Amendment
Page 134
Part II. The Structure of the Government
I. The Separation of Powers
1. Nature of Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Power
Page 141
2. Theory of the Separation of Powers
Page 143
3. Influence of This Theory in America and France
Page 145
4. Extent of Its Application in Existing Governments
Page 147
5. Continental Administrative Law
Page 150
6. General Criticism of the Theory of the Separation of Powers
Page 151
II. The Legislature
1. The Legislature; General Requisites, Procedure, etc.
Page 153
2. The Bicameral System; Reasons for Its Adoption
Page 158
3. Composition of Upper Houses
Page 161
4. Distribution of Power Between the Two Houses
Page 167
5. Direct Legislation; The Initiative and the Referendum
Page 173
III. The Executive
1. Concentration of Authority the First Requisite of the Executive
Page 183
2. Methods of Appointment; Hereditary Executives
Page 186
3. Elective Executives
Page 189
4. Presidential and Parliamentary Government
Page 192
5. Subordinate Officials of the Executive; The Civil Service
Page 198
IV. The Judiciary and the Electorate
1. The Judicial Office and Its Tenure
Page 208
2. The Relation of the Courts to the Executive and to the Legislature
Page 211
3. Administrative Law and Administrative Courts
Page 216
4. The Electorate: Evolution of Universal Suffrage in Leading Countries
Page 218
5. Representation of Minorities
Page 226
V. Federal Government
1. Importance of the Federal Principle; Its Historical Development
Page 232
2. The Different Kinds of Federations
Page 235
3. Sovereignty in a Federal State
Page 238
4. Utility of the Federal Principle in Effecting a Compromise
Page 241
5. Distribution of Power in Federal States
Page 242
6. Conclusions
Page 250
VI. Colonial Government
1. The Acquisition of Dependencies
Page 255
2. Colonies of the Ancient World
Page 258
3. Colonial Expansion After the Discovery of the Route to the East Indies and the Discovery of America; Spanish Colonial System
Page 259
4. Colonial Policy of England and France in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Page 261
5. The American Revolution
Page 264
6. Alteration of British Colonial Policy in the Nineteenth Century; Establishment of Self-government
Page 267
7. Present British System of Colonial Administration
Page 271
8. Imperial Federation
Page 279
9. Recent Colonial Expansion of European States
Page 281
10. The Dependencies of the United States
Page 284
VII. Local Government
1. Local and Central Government Distinguished
Page 288
2. Areas of Local Government; The United States, France, England
Page 291
3. Composition and Powers of Local Governing Bodies; The United States
Page 296
4. England
Page 304
5. France
Page 307
6. Prussia
Page 310
7. Local Taxation; The Property Tax of the United States
Page 311
8. Systems of Local Taxation in Other Countries
Page 316
9. Reform of the American System
Page 322
VIII. Party Government
1. Conflict of Opinion on the Merits of Party Government
Page 326
2. Origin and Development of the Party System in England
Page 330
3. Origin and Growth of Political Parties in the United States
Page 332
4. The Organization of American Political Parties
Page 335
5. Reform of the System
Page 339
6. Party Machinery in Great Britain
Page 343
7. The Party Groups of Continental Europe
Page 345
Part III. The Province of Government
I. Individualism
1. The Individualistic Theory of the Functions of Government
Page 353
2. Individualism as Based on a Theory of Justice
Page 355
3. Based on a Theory of Profitability: The Doctrine of Laissez-faire
Page 358
4. Based on a Biological Analogy: The Survival of the Fittest
Page 361
5. Conflicting Forces
Page 363
II. Socialism
1. The Socialistic Theory: Its Destructive Criticism
Page 366
2. The Constructive Programme of Socialism
Page 370
3. The German Social Democrats
Page 374
4. Socialism in England and America
Page 378
III. The Modern State
1. The New Environment
Page 381
2. Theory of Protection to Industry
Page 384
3. Modern Protective Tariffs
Page 388
4. Interference with Competitive Prices; Trust and Railroad Legislation
Page 389
5. Government Interference on Behalf of the Working Class; Factory Laws, State Insurance, and Pensions
Page 397
6. Municipal Control
Page 401
Index
Page 403

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JC253 L5 1921

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xiii, i l., [3]-415 p.
Number of pages
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