Elements of political science
By: by Stephen Leacock.
Edition: Rev. ed. --
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1913
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
Subjects: Political science; State, The
Table of contents: label: Part I
title: The Nature of the State; label: I
title: Political Science, The Theory of the State; label: 1
title: Definition and Scope of Political Science
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: Relation to Other Sciences
pagenum: 6; label: 3
title: Meaning of the State; Its Essential Attributes
pagenum: 12; label: 4
title: The Distinction Between State, Society, Government, and Nation
pagenum: 16; label: 5
title: The State and a Common Faith
pagenum: 19; label: 6
title: The Ideal State
pagenum: 20; label: II
title: The Origin of the State; Fallacious Theories; label: 1
title: Theory of the Social Contract
pagenum: 22; label: 2
title: Application Made of the Theory by Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau
pagenum: 27; label: 3
title: Criticism of the Theory
pagenum: 31; label: 4
title: The Theory of Divine Origin
pagenum: 34; label: 5
title: The Theory of Force
pagenum: 35; label: III
title: The True Origin of the State; label: 1
title: The Historical or Evolutionary View of the State
pagenum: 41; label: 2
title: The Patriarchal and Matriarchal Theories
pagenum: 42; label: 3
title: Course of Development: The Aristotelian Cycle
pagenum: 46; label: 4
title: Military and Economic Factors
pagenum: 47; label: 5
title: Some General Features of Political Evolution
pagenum: 48; label: IV
title: The Sovereignty of the State; label: 1
title: Analysis of the Conception of Sovereignty; Meaning of Law and Right
pagenum: 52; label: 2
title: The Location of Sovereignty in Existing Governments
pagenum: 56; label: 3
title: Criticism of the Doctrine of Sovereignty; Sir Henry Maine's Objections
pagenum: 58; label: 4
title: Theory of Political Sovereignty
pagenum: 63; label: 5
title: Criticism
pagenum: 67; label: 6
title: Dual or Divided Sovereignty
pagenum: 69; label: V
title: The Liberty of the Individual; label: 1
title: Formulation of the Idea of Civil Liberty; Its Dependence on a Coercive Sovereign Power
pagenum: 71; label: 2
title: Special Senses Sometimes Attached to the Term Liberty
pagenum: 75; label: 3
title: Organic Theory of the State
pagenum: 79; label: 4
title: Criticism
pagenum: 80; label: 5
title: Elaborate Analogies of Spencer, Schaffle, etc.; The Personality of the State
pagenum: 82; label: 6
title: Criticism
pagenum: 86; label: VI
title: Relation of States to One Another; label: 1
title: External Aspect of the State; Regulation of Its Conduct Towards Other States
pagenum: 89; label: 2
title: Evolution of International Relations; First, Second, and Third Periods
pagenum: 91; label: 3
title: Scope and Content of International Law
pagenum: 99; label: 4
title: Propriety of the Term
pagenum: 100; label: 5
title: International Arbitration
pagenum: 104; label: VII
title: The Form of the State; label: 1
title: The Classification of States According to Their Form; Aristotle's Divisions
pagenum: 110; label: 2
title: Later Classifications; Montesquieu, Rousseau, Bluntschli, etc.
pagenum: 116; label: 3
title: Practical Classification of Existing States
pagenum: 118; label: 4
title: The Constitution; Written and Unwritten Constitutions
pagenum: 121; label: 5
title: Origin of Written Constitutions
pagenum: 123; label: 6
title: The Distinction Between States with Written and Those with Unwritten Constitutions an Illusory Basis of Division
pagenum: 128; label: 7
title: Scope of the Constitution
pagenum: 132; label: 8
title: Amendment
pagenum: 134; label: Part II
title: The Structure of the Government; label: I
title: The Separation of Powers; label: 1
title: Nature of Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Power
pagenum: 141; label: 2
title: Theory of the Separation of Powers; Montesquieu
pagenum: 143; label: 3
title: Influence of This Theory in America and France
pagenum: 145; label: 4
title: Extent of Its Application in Existing Governments
pagenum: 148; label: 5
title: Continental Administrative Law
pagenum: 151; label: 6
title: General Criticism of the Theory of the Separation of Powers
pagenum: 151; label: II
title: The Legislature; label: 1
title: The Legislature; General Requisites, Procedure, etc.
pagenum: 154; label: 2
title: The Bicameral System; Reasons for Its Adoption
pagenum: 159; label: 3
title: Composition of Upper Houses
pagenum: 162; label: 4
title: Distribution of Power between the Two Houses
pagenum: 169; label: 5
title: Direct Legislation; The Initiative and the Referendum
pagenum: 174; label: III
title: The Executive; label: 1
title: Concentration of Authority the First Requisite of the Executive
pagenum: 181; label: 2
title: Methods of Appointment; Hereditary Executives
pagenum: 184; label: 3
title: Elective Executives
pagenum: 187; label: 4
title: Presidential and Parliamentary Government
pagenum: 191; label: 5
title: Subordinate Officials and the Executive; The Civil Service
pagenum: 197; label: IV
title: The Judiciary and the Electorate; label: 1
title: The Judicial Office and Its Tenure
pagenum: 207; label: 2
title: The Relation of the Courts to the Executive and to the Legislature
pagenum: 210; label: 3
title: Administrative Law and Administrative Courts
pagenum: 216; label: 4
title: The Electorate: Evolution of So-called Universal Suffrage; The Present Suffrage in Leading Countries
pagenum: 218; label: 5
title: Criticism of Existing Systems; The Case of Women, of Negroes, etc.
pagenum: 224; label: 6
title: Representation of Minorities
pagenum: 228; label: V
title: Federal Government; label: 1
title: Importance of the Federal Principle; Its Historical Development
pagenum: 233; label: 2
title: The Different Kinds of Federations
pagenum: 237; label: 3
title: Sovereignty in a Federal State
pagenum: 240; label: 4
title: Utility of the Federal Principle in Effecting a Compromise
pagenum: 243; label: 5
title: Distribution of Power in Federal States
pagenum: 244; label: 6
title: Conclusions
pagenum: 253; label: VI
title: Colonial Government; label: 1
title: The Acquisition of Dependencies
pagenum: 258; label: 2
title: Colonies of the Ancient World
pagenum: 261; label: 3
title: Colonial Expansion after the Discovery of the Sea Route to the East Indies and the Discovery of America; Spanish Colonial System
pagenum: 262; label: 4
title: Colonial Policy of England and France in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
pagenum: 264; label: 5
title: The American Revolution
pagenum: 268; label: 6
title: Alteration of British Colonial Policy in the Nineteenth Century; Establishment of Self-Government
pagenum: 271; label: 7
title: Present British System of Colonial Administration
pagenum: 275; label: 8
title: Imperial Federation
pagenum: 283; label: 9
title: Recent Colonial Expansion of European States
pagenum: 285; label: 10
title: The Dependencies of the United States
pagenum: 287; label: VII
title: Local Government; label: 1
title: Local and Central Government Distinguished
pagenum: 292; label: 2
title: Areas of Local Government; the United States, France, England
pagenum: 296; label: 3
title: Composition and Powers of Local Governing Bodies; the United States
pagenum: 301; label: 4
title: England
pagenum: 308; label: 5
title: France
pagenum: 311; label: 6
title: Prussia
pagenum: 315; label: 7
title: Local Taxation; the Property Tax of the United States
pagenum: 316; label: 8
title: Systems of Local Taxation in Other Countries
pagenum: 321; label: 9
title: Reform of the American System
pagenum: 328; label: VIII
title: Party Government; label: 1
title: Conflict of Opinion on the Merits of Party Government
pagenum: 332; label: 2
title: Origin and Development of the Party System in England
pagenum: 336; label: 3
title: Origin and Growth of Political Parties in the United States
pagenum: 338; label: 4
title: The Organization of American Political Parties
pagenum: 340; label: 5
title: Reform of the System
pagenum: 345; label: 6
title: Party Machinery in Great Britain
pagenum: 348; label: 7
title: The Party Groups of Continental Europe
pagenum: 350; label: Part III
title: The Province of Government; label: I
title: Individualism; label: 1
title: The Individualistic Theory of the Functions of Government
pagenum: 357; label: 2
title: Individualism as Based on a Theory of Justice
pagenum: 359; label: 3
title: Based on a Theory of Profitability: The Doctrine of Laissez Faire
pagenum: 363; label: 4
title: Based on a Biological Analogy: The Survival of the Fittest
pagenum: 366; label: 5
title: Conflicting Forces
pagenum: 368; label: II
title: Socialism; label: 1
title: The Socialistic Theory; Its Destructive Criticism
pagenum: 371; label: 2
title: The Constructive Programme of Socialism
pagenum: 375; label: 3
title: The German Social Democrats
pagenum: 378; label: 4
title: Socialism in England and America
pagenum: 382; label: III
title: The Modern State; label: 1
title: The New Environment
pagenum: 386; label: 2
title: Theory of Protection to Industry
pagenum: 389; label: 3
title: Modern Protective Tariffs
pagenum: 393; label: 4
title: Interference with Competitive Prices: Trust and Railroad Legislation
pagenum: 394; label: 5
title: Government Interference on Behalf of the Working Class: Factory Laws, State Insurance, and Pensions
pagenum: 403; label: 6
title: Municipal Control
pagenum: 406; title: Index
pagenum: 411