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Book Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments

Download or read book Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments written by Benjamin Constant and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin Constant (1767-1830) was born in Switzerland and became one of France's leading writers, as well as a journalist, philosopher, and politician. His colourful life included a formative stay at the University of Edinburgh; service at the court of Brunswick, Germany; election to the French Tribunate; and initial opposition and subsequent support for Napoleon, even the drafting of a constitution for the Hundred Days. Constant wrote many books, essays, and pamphlets. His deepest conviction was that reform is hugely superior to revolution, both morally and politically. While Constant's fluid, dynamic style and lofty eloquence do not always make for easy reading, his text forms a coherent whole, and in his translation Dennis O'Keeffe has focused on retaining the 'general elegance and subtle rhetoric' of the original. Sir Isaiah Berlin called Constant 'the most eloquent of all defenders of freedom and privacy' and believed to him we owe the notion of 'negative liberty', that is, what Biancamaria Fontana describes as "the protection of individual experience and choices from external interferences and constraints." To Constant it was relatively unimportant whether liberty was ultimately grounded in religion or metaphysics -- what mattered were the practical guarantees of practical freedom -- "autonomy in all those aspects of life that could cause no harm to others or to society as a whole." This translation is based on Etienne Hofmann's critical edition of Principes de politique (1980), complete with Constant's additions to the original work.

Book The Principles of Representative Government

Download or read book The Principles of Representative Government written by Bernard Manin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-02-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocratic, aristocratic elements. Professor Manin challenges the conventional view that representative democracy is no more than an indirect form of government by the people, in which citizens elect representatives only because they cannot assemble and govern in person. The argument is developed by examining the historical moments when the present institutional arrangements were chosen from among the then available alternatives. Professor Manin reminds us that while today representative institutions and democracy appear as virtually indistinguishable, when representative government was first established in Europe and America, it was designed in opposition to democracy proper. Drawing on the procedures used in earlier republican systems, from classical Athens to Renaissance Florence, in order to highlight the alternatives that were forsaken, Manin brings to the fore the generally overlooked results of representative mechanisms. These include the elitist aspect of elections and the non-binding character of campaign promises.

Book Selected Articles on the Commission Plan of Municipal Government

Download or read book Selected Articles on the Commission Plan of Municipal Government written by Edwin Clyde Robbins and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Essay on the First Principles of Government

Download or read book An Essay on the First Principles of Government written by Priestley and published by . This book was released on 1771 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Present Political Questions

Download or read book Present Political Questions written by George Elliott Howard and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the University of Texas

Download or read book Bulletin of the University of Texas written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Select List of References on Commission Government for Cities

Download or read book Select List of References on Commission Government for Cities written by Library of Congress. Division of Bibliography and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Principles for Local Government Legislation

Download or read book Principles for Local Government Legislation written by Graham Sansom and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2013 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is designed to help local government practitioners in Pacific island countries review and strengthen their existing legislative and regulatory frameworks. It identifies best practice, examines case studies of Fiji, Solomon Islands and Samoa, and presents ten key principles for effective legislation.

Book The Federalist Papers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alexander Hamilton
  • Publisher : Read Books Ltd
  • Release : 2018-08-20
  • ISBN : 1528785878
  • Pages : 455 pages

Download or read book The Federalist Papers written by Alexander Hamilton and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of “The Federalist Papers”, a collection of separate essays and articles compiled in 1788 by Alexander Hamilton. Following the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the governing doctrines and policies of the States lacked cohesion. “The Federalist”, as it was previously known, was constructed by American statesman Alexander Hamilton, and was intended to catalyse the ratification of the United States Constitution. Hamilton recruited fellow statesmen James Madison Jr., and John Jay to write papers for the compendium, and the three are known as some of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804) was an American lawyer, journalist and highly influential government official. He also served as a Senior Officer in the Army between 1799-1800 and founded the Federalist Party, the system that governed the nation’s finances. His contributions to the Constitution and leadership made a significant and lasting impact on the early development of the nation of the United States.

Book The Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 2254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Annual American Catalog  1906

Download or read book The Annual American Catalog 1906 written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Annual American Catalog

Download or read book The Annual American Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Annual American Catalog  1900 1909

Download or read book The Annual American Catalog 1900 1909 written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Quarter Century Record of the Class of Ninety five  Yale College

Download or read book Quarter Century Record of the Class of Ninety five Yale College written by Yale College (1887- ). Class of 1895 and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Record

    Book Details:
  • Author : Yale College (1887- ). Class of 1895
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1911
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 326 pages

Download or read book Record written by Yale College (1887- ). Class of 1895 and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: