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Modern Democracies / James Bryce Bryce.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryce, James Bryce, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Macmillan Company, 1921.
- Contents:
- Vol. 1 : I. Considerations applicable to democratic government in general : Introductory
- The method of enquiry
- The definition of democracy
- The historical evolution of democracy
- The theoretical foundations of democracy
- Liberty
- Equality
- Democracy and education
- Democracy and religion
- The press in a democracy
- Party
- Local self-government
- Traditions
- The people
- Public opinion
- II. Some democracies in their working : The republics of antiquity: Athens
- The republics of Spanish America
- France : Land and history
- The frame of government: president and senate
- The chamber of deputies
- Cabinet ministers and local party organizations
- Judicial and civil administration
- Local government
- The tone of public life
- What democracy has done for France
- Switzerland : The people and their history
- Political institutions
- Direct legislation by the people: referendum and initiative
- Political parties
- Concluding reflections on Swiss political institutions
- Canada : The country and the frame of government
- The people and the parties
- Working of the government
- The action of public opinion
- General review of Canadian politics. Vol. 2 : (cont of part II)United States : The beginners of democracy in North America
- The frame of government: state, local, and federal constitutions
- The party system
- The actual working of the national and state governments
- The state governments in their working
- The judiciary and civil order
- Recent reforming movements
- Australia : Australian history and frame of government
- Australian legislatures and executives
- The executive and the civil service
- Australian parties and policies
- Questions now before the Australian people
- Labour policies and proposals
- Characteristics of Australian democracy
- New Zealand : The country and its first half century of history
- Richard Seddon and his policies
- Compulsory arbitration in trade disputes
- The working of the government
- Results of democratic government
- III : The decline of legislatures
- The pathology of legislatures
- The executive in a democracy
- Democracy and foreign policy
- The judiciary
- Checks and balances
- Second chambers
- Direct legislation by the people
- The relation of central to local government
- Comparison of the six democratic governments examined
- Types of democratic government
- The money power in politics
- Responsibility
- Democracy and the backward races
- The relation of democracy to letters and arts
- The results democratic government has given
- Democracy compared with other forms of government
- Oligarchies within democracies
- Leadership in a democracy
- The later phases of democracy
- Present tendencies in democracies
- Democracy and the communist state
- The future of democracy.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (The Macmillan Company, viewed August 9, 2023).
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