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Democratic Discussion, Don Herzog, Donald R. Kinder
Democratic Discussion, Don Herzog, Donald R. Kinder
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"Democracy," remarked H. L. Mencken, "is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." Mencken found American politics a droll spectacle and showered contempt on the dullards he named "the booboisie." Plenty of other intelligent and perceptive observers have concluded that ordinary citizens are flatly incapable of shouldering the burdens of democracy. Uninformed and uninterested, absorbed in the pressing business of private life, unable to trace out the consequences of political action, citizens possess neither the skills nor the resources required for what Walter Bagehot pithily named "government by discussion." …
Interest, Principle, And Beyond: American Understandings Of Conflict, Don Herzog
Interest, Principle, And Beyond: American Understandings Of Conflict, Don Herzog
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To understand U.S. foreign policy, we need to understand the concepts and categories that Americans bring to bear. After all, we see the world through our concepts and categories. They identify what's possible, what's desirable, indeed what's visible in the first place. There is simply no possibility of junking all our concepts, stepping outside them, and gaining an unmediated grasp of the world. Here, I offer a sketch of American understandings of conflict. Understandings, not understanding: even in the realm of foreign policy, Americans have long brought intriguingly different categories to bear, categories whose richness isn't captured by some standard …
The Government Of Germany, Donald P. Kommers
The Government Of Germany, Donald P. Kommers
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Chapter Outline:
A. Political Development
B. Political Processes and Institutions
C. Public Policy
3rd ed. HarperCollins College Publishers c1993