Political Facts A Text Book Of History The Democratic And Other Parties Men And Measures

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Excerpt from Political Facts: A d104-Book of History; The Democratic and Other Parties, Men and Measures As tho diffusion of intelligence is the most certain means of insuring the perpetuity of our present desirable form of government, so also the spirit of inquiry and the thirst for knowledge, now universally prevalent, indicate that the information is surely being acquired which will accomplish that end. The constitutions of most of our States contain the declaration that "a frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of civil government, is absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty." To this proposition every reflecting mind will readily assent. For how can any people be prepared to defend their rights unless they know them. The era of the discovery of printing, with the consequent general diffusion of knowledge, was also the birth-time of liberty. For it is an established fact that Error cannot survive the conflict with enlightened Truth. The art of printing has likewise made easy the task of the historian. No longer compelled to grope in darkness, he id now able to appeal to written records in support of facts, and to satisfy the inquiries of his readers without resorting to the aids of fiction or the imagination. The following pages have been compiled, for the purpose of giving, in compact form, full information on the subjects treated, at a price within the reach of all, - a compendium of facts which have been hitherto accessible to those only within the reach of large libraries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In this book Michels analyzes the tendencies that oppose the realization of democracy, and claims that these tendencies can be classified in three ways: dependence upon the nature of the individual; dependence upon the nature of the political structure; and dependence upon the nature of organization. This edition, described by Morris Janowitz as a "classic of modern social science" and by Melvin Tumin as "the beginning of a tradition", offers a landmark study in political science. Following its original publication in 1910, the study and analysis of political parties was established as a new branch of science. Political Parties continues to be a foundation work in the literature and is a necessary addition to the libraries of contemporary political scientists, sociologists, and historians. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Includes its Report, 1896-1945.