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Citation: Rice, Arthur Daniel. Government and liberty. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1892. ; Morse Department of Special Collections ; Introduction: The nineteenth century has been noted for two antagonistic tendencies; the one being toward greater freedom of individual action; the other toward vesting more power in government, consequently placing greater restrictions upon individual liberty. These opposing tendencies have been largely fostered by two schools of political thought equally extreme in their views. The Spencerian school holds that the State is a voluntary association of individuals for mutual protection, from which the person may withdraw at pleasure; that government is a necessary evil; and it looks with extreme jealousy on every act of government that is not an act of police. The socialistic school on the other hand holds that the government should not protect society against crime and foreign and domestic danger but also that it should oversee, control and even own the industries of the people regardless of individual rights. Happily, these tendencies have been neutralized by the conservative wisdom of statesmen and by the good sense of the people themselves, thus forming a middle ground of political belief.

Executive relations and semi-presidentialism in Europe -- The institutional flexibility of the French's Fifth Republic -- Comparative executive politics in semi-presidential regimes -- Personification of politics, clientélisme, and ethnic polarization in Ukraine -- Understanding semi-presidentialism and executive politics.

"Machine Politics, Clientelism, and Social Networks in Argentina Democracy has provided opportunities for political representation and accountability, but it has also created incentives for creating and maintaining clientelistic networks. Why has clientelism consolidated with the introduction of democracy? Drawing on network analysis, Politics on the Ground answers this question by describing and explaining the emergence, maintenance, and disappearance of political, partisan, and social networks in Argentina. Combining qualitative and quantitative data gathered during twenty-four months of field research in eight municipalities in Argentina, Politics on the Ground shows that when party leaders distribute political promotions to party candidates based only on the number of voters they mobilize, party leaders incentivize the use of clientelistic strategies among candidates competing to mobilize voters in poor neighborhoods. The logic of perverse incentives examined in this book explains why candidates who use clientelism succeed in getting elected and re- elected over time, contributing to the consolidation of political machines at the local level"--

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The Development of the Popular Movement and Its Characteristics -- Chapter 1 -- About the Syrian Society -- 1. Identity -- 2. The Regime Legitimacy -- 3. The Epistemic Decline -- 4. Controlled Media -- 5. The Regime Societal Characteristic -- Chapter 2 -- The Syrian Regime Structure -- 1. The Connotative Structure of Hegemony -- 1.1. Ambiguous Ideology -- 1.2. The Leading Regime -- 2. The Regime Discourse -- 3. The Ruling Balance -- 3.1. Internal Balances/ The Security Element -- 3.2. Internal Balances/ Getting Close to Religious Groups -- 4. Decision Monopoly Mechanisms -- 4.1. The Regime External Interests -- 4.2. Fighting Democratic Transformation -- 5. The Decisions Characteristic and Their Making Centers -- 5.1. The Republican Palace (RP) -- 5.2. National Security Bureau (NSB) -- 5.3. Security Apparatus -- 5.3.1. General Intelligence Directorate -- 5.3.2. Political Security Directorate -- 5.3.3. Military Intelligence Directorate -- 5.3.4. General Security Directorate -- 5.4. The Syrian Military Institution -- 5.5. Baath Party -- 5.6. The Council of Ministers -- 5.7. The Governors' Institution -- 5.8. Union Institutions and Economy Chambers -- 5.9. Research Centers -- 6. Repressive Dialectics -- 6.1. On the Syrian Political Opposition -- 6.2. An Approach to the Two Conflicting Parties, the Regime and the Opposition -- Chapter 3 -- The External Influences on Decision-Making Inside the Syrian Regime -- 1. The US Perspective to the Syrian Issue -- 1.1. Hesitation in American Politics -- 1.2. The Red Line -- 2. The Role of Regime Allies in Decision-Making -- 2.1. The Russian Role -- 2.2. The Iranian Role -- References -- About the Author -- Index -- Blank Page

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Narrative on Local Democracies, Government and Public Policy in the Colombian Pacific -- Chapter 2: A Model of Public Choice with Clientelism and Corruption: Introducing the Analytical -- Chapter 3: Political Factions and Public Policy in the Local Democracies of the Colombian Pacific: Empirical Evidence -- Chapter 4:The Local Democracies Post-Agreement -- Conclusion

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