Part 3 — INDEX
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Absentee rulers defined, 173–186
Action, public, defined, 73–74
Agencies defined, 125–142;
fact-finding, 45
Agent, public not, 169
Agents and bystanders defined, 40–53
Anarchy, 161
Anderson, Jr., B. M., 176
Arbitrary force, neutralization of, 63–74
Aristotle, 77–80
Assent, defined, 117–123, 129, 189
Bacon, Francis, 162
Balkans, 188
Behavior, 55, 68–69;
reasonable, defined, 145
Bentham, Jeremy, 200
Bergson, Henri, 32–33
Birth control, its relation to food supply, 87–88
Bismarck, Prince von, 14, 169
Brun, J. Charles, 183
Bryan, William Jennings, 36
Bryce, James, 18–19
Bulgaria, 188
Business, new gospel of, 178
Bystanders and agents defined, 40–53
Capitalism, 37, 179, 191, 192, 194, 195
Carr-Saunders, A. M., 87
Cassel, Gustav, 92, 94
Cats, mice and clover, 31–32
Cavour, Count di, 169
Centralization of government. See Government
Change, unnoticeable, 88
Chanticleer, 15
Chicago mayoral election, 17
Chinese and Greco-Roman civilizations, 174
Citizen, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 38, 39, 40, 45, 46, 52, 148, 195
Citizenship, 151
Civic duty, derision for, 15, 146, 151
Civil rights, 58
Civilization, 174
Clover, cats and mice, 31–32
Competence, 150
Conduct, 182
Conformity, test of, defined, 123–124
Conscience, 28
Contracts, social, 40, 95–106;
defined, 101–102, 104–105
Control, 55
Controversy, 77
Coöperation, 99
Corruption, 71, 72
Criteria of reform defined, 125–142
Criticism, 123
Crises, 67
Crisis, public opinion reserve force in, 69
Dante, 169
Darwin, Charles, 31, 32
Debate, public value of, defined, 110–114
Defective rule defined, 115–124
Defoe, Daniel, 177
Delbrück, Hans, 60
Democracy, 24, 35–37, 71, 146–151, 155, 189, 190, 197–200
Democratic theory, 14, 61, 147
Democrats, 59
Derision of citizens, 15
Descartes, 81
Dibblee, G. B., 176
Dictatorship, 190
Disenchanted man defined, 20
“Disorder, idea of,” 32–33;
realms of, defined, 187–200
Dogma of assent, 117
Duties and rights. See Rights and duties.
Economic problem defined, 92–94.
Education, 22–23, 24, 27;
public, defined, 146–147, 148–151, 169
Election, defined, 56, 60, 61
Elections, defined, 127–130
England, 59, 86
Enterprise, Macaulay on, 49–50
Enterprisers, 176
Environment, 14, 78, 79, 179
Erickson, E. M., 16
Eugenics, 34–35
Evasion of law, 123
Evils of democracy, 35–36, 37, 173–186
Evolution, 81–84
Executive action, 144
Expectations, 33
Exploiters, 166
Fable of professor, 28
Food supply, 86–87
Franklin, Benjamin, 177–178
French security, 179
French Revolution, 59, 183
Frugality, 177
Function, government, defined, 70–73;
relation to competency, 150
German diplomacy, 188
Germans, 179
Goethe, 173
Gosnell, Harvey Foote, 17
Government, vii, 14, 41, 50, 61, 62, 70, 71, 72, 73, 126, 173–186, 194;
defined, 77, 126;
function defined, 70–73
Grant, Madison, 22
Great Society, 43, 79, 98, 174, 183, 188–189
Greco-Roman and Chinese civilizations, 174
Grey, Lord, vii, 188
Guedalla, Philip, 14
Gun elevation, 91
Hamilton, Alexander, vii, 169
Hegel, 98
Hegelian mystery, 47
Hertzen, Alexander, 20
Hughes, Charles Evans, 179
Human values defined, 95–97
“Idea of disorder,” 32–33
Ideal, 20, 22, 39, 63, 68, 155
Idealization, 57
Ideals, 14
Ideas, 47, 48
Imperial Party, 169
Initiative and referendum, 19
Innovation, 116
Inquiry, test of, defined, 130–135
Intelligence, 69, 135
Jefferson, Thomas, 159
Justice, 67
Keynes, J. M., 157–158
Knowledge, 30
Ku Klux Klan, 179
Lancashire goods, 176
Laski, Harold J., 161
Latin America, 61
Latin verse, 184
Law, 69, 100, 108, 115, 116, 123, 124, 191–192, 193
Laws, 69, 71;
assent to, defined, 117–122, 123, 124;
defective, defined, 125–142, 136;
test of, defined, 138
Leaders, 19
League of Nations, 133
Lenin, 169
Liberal defined, 162
Liberalism defined, 162–172
Liberals, 162, 166
Liberties of men defined, 55
Liberty, spirit of, 187
Lloyd George, David, 157–158, 188–189
Lombart, Werner, 177
Lowell, Lawrence A., 19
Macaulay, Lord, 49–50
Macgowan, Kenneth, 163
Majority, 19;
rule defined, 57–58, 60
Malthus, T. R., 85–87
Man, disenchanted, 13–21
Manchester, Lloyd George at, 188–189
Mayoral election in Chicago, 17
Merriam, Charles Edward, 17–18
Methods of public men, 159
Mice, cats and clover, 31–32
Michelet, Simon, 16
Michels, Robert, 19, 22–23
Minorities, 58
Monistic theory, 161, 173
Monodrama, 163–165
Moral code, 29–30, 35, 74
Moral codes, 30
Moralists, 28
Morality, 100
Morrow, Dwight, 59–60
Morse, Prof., 59–60
Napoleon III., 14
National defense, problem defined, 90–91
Nationals, 196
Nationalism, 65
Neutralization of arbitrary force, 67–74
Neutralized power, 193
Newspapers, 13
Nonvoting, 17–18
Officials, government, 72
Ogburn, W. F., 89, 100
Omnicompetency of citizens, 21, 39
One and Many problem, 171
Opinion, 48, 52, 56, 61
Opinion, public. See Public opinion
Opinions defined, 44–49, 162, 197
Opposition parties, 20
Party government, 59–60
Party in power, 126
Party system, 130
Parties, political, 127
Partisanship, 34
Pawlow, Ivan Petrovich, 30
People, 19, 36, 41;
Macaulay on, 50, 61, 62, 68, 69, 71, 180, 181, 191, 194
People’s will defined, 72
Physical force in South, 61
Plato, 169
Pluralistic theory defined, 151, 161, 194
Political capacity, 78
Political evils, agents against, 169
Political leaders, 19, 22
Political system changes, 84–85
Political talent neglected, 184
Political theories defined, 22–39
Politicians, 41
Politics, truth in, 157–158
Policy, public, 57
Population, problem of, defined, 85–87
Power, arbitrary, 74;
balance of, defined, 192–196;
of public opinion, 70
Principles of public opinion, 143
Problem, nature of, 81–94, 130;
of One and Many, 171
Problems of citizen defined, 13–16, 25, 26, 34, 64, 72, 81–94, 125, 129, 131, 140, 141, 187
Professor, fable of, 28
Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, 133
Public, 42;
powers defined, 49–52, 54–62;
relation to public affairs defined, 63–66, 67, 68, 77, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108;
debate, value of, defined, 110–114, 115, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 129, 131, 133, 134, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145;
education defined, 146–151, 155, 156, 157, 159;
in any situation defined, 168, 169;
dangers to, defined, 189–191, 193, 197, 198
Public affairs, 13–21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 36, 38, 39, 41, 44, 55, 56, 64, 69, 189
Public judgment, 115
Public life, candor in, 157
Public men, methods of, 159
Public office, education for, 151
Public opinion, 44, 48, 52, 53, 55;
and public affairs, 55–56, 65;
defined 65–70, 71, 72, 73, 74;
function of, defined, 74, 79;
principles of, 143;
tests of, defined, 144–145, 147, 151, 181, 197–200
Publicity, 43
Publics, random, 79
Question Aristotle asked, 77–80
Questions, two, 107
Realms of disorder, 187–200
Reason, 69
Reform Bill, 50
Reform, criteria of, 125–142
Reform, 129;
test of, defined, 135–138
Reformer, 129, 130
Registered voters, 19
Revivalists, 22
Revolution, 59, 61, 136, 190
Revolution, French, 59, 183
Rights, 100
Rights and duties defined, 100–107
Rousseau, J. J., 98
Rule, 68–69;
defective, defined, 115–124
Rules. See Laws
Rules of society, 117
Rulers, absentee, defined, 173–186
Santayana, George, 95
Schlesinger, A. M., 16
School, 14
Self-government, 19
Settlements, 120
Shaw, G. Bernard, 59
Smith, Logan Pearsall, 15–16, 26
Social contracts defined, 95–106
Socialism, theory of, defined, 37–38, 39, 65
Socialists, 156
Society, 28, 30, 31, 32, 42, 45, 71, 73, 79, 88, 98, 103, 106, 134;
functions defined, 155–161;
defined, 155–172, 176, 183
Socrates, 30
Sovereign people, 18–19
Sovereignty, 14
Standards, 30, 143
Statesmanship defined, 155–161
Steffen, Gustaf F., 19
Stoddard, Lothrop, 22
Submission, 162
Supply and demand, 92
System, economic, 94;
prevailing, 100;
of rights and duties, 100
Teachers, 27
Theory, citizen reigns in, 14
Thomson, J. Arthur, 31
Times (London), 50
Tocqueville, de, 183
Trade, 177
Truth, 67
Turks, 188
Tyranny, 70–71
Unattainable ideal, 22–39
United States government, 61
Validity of laws, 108
Value is measurement, 96
Value of public debate defined, 110–114
Values, human, defined, 95–97
Virtue, 30, 57
Voice of public opinion defined, 197
Vote, 36, 55, 56
Voter, 19, 36, 146
Voters, 16–17, 18–19, 41
Voting, 52, 55, 56, 58, 59
War, 90, 190
Williams, John Sharp, 159
Wirt, William, 159
Woman suffrage, 60
Work, 173
World, 29
“World power or downfall,” 179
Yevreynoff, 163–164
Young, Arthur, 183