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Published also in The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science, series XXVI, nos. 4-5-6 ; Vita ; Thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 1908 ; Mode of access: Internet.

In the report of the Association's Committee on War-time Services occurs the following passage: "It seems to the Committee that the customary individualism of the profession is a luxury that cannot be unimpaired in war-time; political scientists must not go through the war with a business-as-usual attitude toward research and critical writing. The crises upon the nation and awaiting the nation demand that the profession recognize priorities in its scholarly work…. Students, mature and immature, should know what men of affairs consider to be the more crucial issues … The Committee … does ask … that the profession be given leadership in determining what to do …."The Research Committee of the Association considered this challenge and sought an answer from those members of the profession who had temporarily left their academic halls and plunged into the war effort in Washington. This group gave generously of their time and thought to the matter. The Committee's own function became merely that of a reporter or synthesizer of the views thus expressed. It is this synthesis which this statement incorporates. The suggestions are deliberately not attributed to any one individual. In the first place, many suggestions were made by more than one person; in the second place, the total pattern is even more intriguing than the individual suggestions.

Some Illustrations of Militant Democracy. Before a more systematic account of anti-fascist legislation in Europe is undertaken, recent developments in several countries may be reviewed as illustrating what militant democracy can achieve against subversive extremism when the will to survive is coupled with appropriate measures for combatting fascist techniques.1. Finland: From the start, the Finnish Republic was particularly exposed to radicalism both from left and right. The newly established state was wholly devoid of previous experience in self-government, shaken by violent nationalism, bordered by bolshevik Russia, yet within the orbit of German imperialism; no other country seemed more predestined to go fascist. Yet Finland staved off fascism as well as bolshevism. At first, the political situation was not unlike that of the Weimar Republic in the years of disintegration. The Communist party, declared illegal by the High Tribunal as early as 1925, reconstituted itself and, in 1929, obtained a large representation in the Riksdag, thereby blocking any constitutional reform. Under the decidedly extra-constitutional pressure of the nationalist and semi-fascist movement of the Lapuans, the Communists were so intimidated that nationalists, and progressives (bourgeois liberals), against the opposition of the social Democrats, were able to carry the constitutional reforms which not only strengthened the position of the government but also eventually barred subversive parties—meaning, at that time, the Communists—from national and communal representation.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART 1 - Racial Implications of the War on Terrorism -- 1 - Enhancing Whose Security? People of Color and the Post-September 11 ... -- WHO IS AN AMERICAN? -- MAINTAINING SOCIAL CONTROL THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT -- DISSENT AS UN-AMERICAN -- THE WAR ON TERROR -- WHO-OR WHAT-IS SECURED BY EXPANDED POLICE POWERS? -- NOTES -- 2 - The Pinkerton Detective Agency: Prefiguring the FBI -- THE BEGINNINGS -- THE WAR AGAINST ORGANIZED LABOR -- THE MODERN AGENCY -- PINKERTON INFLUENCES ON THE FBI -- NOTES -- 3 - Between Hegemony and Empire: Africa and the U.S. Global War against Terrorism -- SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD -- AFRICA AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY BEFORE 9/11 -- AFRICA AND THE U.S. WAR AGAINST TERRORISM -- NOTES -- PART 2 - Immigration and Race -- 4 - Latino Growth and Latino Exploitation: More Than a Passing Acquaintance -- BACKGROUND -- BECOMING NUMBER ONE -- MEAT PROCESSING AND LATINO GROWTH -- NUMBER ONE IN EXPLOITATION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 5 - Race, Immigration, and the Limits of Citizenship -- THE HISPANIC PANIC -- CITIZENSHIP AND THE LIMITS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY -- ALL BUT IN NAME -- A CODA -- NOTES -- 6 - African Americans and Immigration: The Economic, Political, and Strategic Implications -- A PERSONAL NOTE -- ECONOMIC IMPACT -- POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES -- RAINBOW COALITION? -- STRATEGY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART 3 - Affirmative Action as a Human Rights Tool -- 7 - Historicizing Affirmative Action and the Landmark 2003 University of ... -- NOTES -- 8 - A New Coalition: Reaching the Religious Right to Deal with Racial Justice -- WHO ARE THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT? -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT -- REACHING THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT -- POLITICAL LIMITATIONS -- THE GREEN MOVEMENT -- WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?.