Democracy and Liberty. William Edward Hartpole Lecky

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СКАЧАТЬ And of the increased hurry of modern life

       Personal and class interests in politics

       Inadequate sense of the criminality of political mis deeds

       The ethics of party

       Nonconformist ministers and Mr. Parnell

       Relative importance of private and public morals in politics

       Growth of the professional politician

       Democratic local government—Its good and evil

       Place of wealth in modern politics

       Measures that must strengthen the professional politician

       High standard of political integrity in Great Britain

       Probity of the permanent service

       Better side of the House of Commons

       Competitive examinations—Their drawbacks

       Their great use in restraining corruption

       The character of a nation not always shown by its public life

       Evidence that English character has not declined— Its moral and philanthropic side

       Its robuster qualities

       The governing capacity—Egypt and India

       Dangers to India in democratic government

       High character of English municipal government

       Political influence of the provincial towns

       Influence of the telegraph on politics— Provincial press

       Modern England not barren in great men

CHAPTER 3

       Democracy an inevitable fact

       Is not uniformly favourable to liberty

       Illustrations from Roman and French history

       Equality naturally hostile to liberty

       Love of democracy for authoritative regulation

       Effects of the increase of State power—Taxation and liberty

       Other dangers to liberty

       Party system hastened the transformation

       Some Suggested Remedies

       Change in the Irish representation

       Class representation—Its history and decline

       Representation of minorities

       An educational franchise

       Mill's suggestions for mitigating dangers of universal suffrage

       Repudiated by modern Radicalism—The ‘fancy’ franchises

       The Swiss Referendum—Its history and influence

       Its recent adoption in the United States

       Attempt to introduce it into Belgium

       Arguments for and against it

       Belief that a low suffrage is naturally conservative

       Extension of the power of committees—The American committee system

       The French system

       English parliamentary committees—Devolution

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