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The Spearman footrule and a Markov chain property / by Sen, Pranab Kumar,1937-(CARDINAL)158125; Salama, Ibrahim A.(CARDINAL)167872; University of North Carolina (System).Institute of Statistics.(CARDINAL)165205;
Includes bibliographical references (page 9).
Subjects: Markov processes.; Permutation groups.;
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Struck by lightning [videorecording] / by Colfer, Chris,1990-; Dannelly, Brian.; Monaco, Jake.; Mulroney, Dermot.; Wilson, Rebel.; Camellia Entertainment.; Evil Media Empire.; Inphenate.; New Video Group.; Permut Presentations (Firm);
Camera, Bobby Bukowski ; editor, Tia Nolan ; music, Jake Monaco ; production design, Linda Burton.Chris Colfer, Rebel Wilson, Dermot Mulroney, Allison Janney, Christina Hendricks, Sarah Hyland, Angela Kinsey.After a high school senior is struck by lightning and killed in his school parking lot, he recounts the last few weeks of his life through insightful flashbacks.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Coming-of-age films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Death; High school seniors; Lightning;
For private home use only.
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The raven's hat : fallen pictures, rising sequences, and other mathematical games / by Peters, Jonas,1984-author.; Meinshausen, Nicolai,author.; Meinshausen, Malte,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Introducing complex math concepts through the medium of seemingly unsolvable games"--
Subjects: Puzzles and games.; Games in mathematics education.;
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Ex-heroes : a novel / by Clines, Peter,1969-(CARDINAL)346832;
Stealth. Gorgon. Regenerator. Cerberus. Zzzap. The Mighty Dragon. They were heroes, using their superhuman abilities to make Los Angeles a better place. Then the plague of living death spread around the globe. Now, a year later, the heroes struggle to overcome their differences and recover from their own scars as they protect the thousands of survivors huddled in their film-studio-turned-fortress, the Mount. But the hungry ex-humans are not the only threat the survivors face. Across the city, another group has grown and gained power.
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Science fiction.; Post-apocalyptic novels, American; Superheroes; Zombies;
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Binge box. [videorecording]. by Alush, Avraham Aviv,1982-actor.(CARDINAL)850423; Aniston, Jennifer,actor.(CARDINAL)340062; Benedict, Terry,film producer.; Bond, Cindy,1959-film producer.(CARDINAL)679658; Bostick, Michael,film producer.; Bracey, Luke,1989-actor.; Brubaker, James D.,film producer.; Carrey, Jim,1962-film producer,actor.(CARDINAL)344059; Cramer, Alex(Screenwriter),screenwriter.(CARDINAL)679660; Cretton, Destin Daniel,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)849310; Cummings, Brad,film producer.(CARDINAL)562677; Currie, Paul,1968-film producer.; Davey, Bruce,film producer.(CARDINAL)851972; Downes, Kevin,1972-film producer.(CARDINAL)614763; Erwin, Andrew,film director.(CARDINAL)553397; Erwin, Jonathan D.,film director,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)553398; Finley, J. Michael,1988-actor.(CARDINAL)679663; Freeman, Morgan,actor.(CARDINAL)348086; Fusco, John,screenwriter.; Garfield, Andrew,1983-actor.(CARDINAL)559255; Gibson, Mel,film director.(CARDINAL)749045; Hazeldine, Stuart,1971-film director.(CARDINAL)340667; Johnson, William D.(Producer),film producer.; Knight, Andrew,1953-screenwriter.; Koren, Steven Wayne,film producer,screenwriter.; Lanham, Andrew(Screenwriter),screenwriter.(CARDINAL)850198; Lefever, Daryl C.,film producer.(CARDINAL)409889; Liddell, Mickey,film producer.(CARDINAL)553240; McCorkle, Brent,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)604888; Mechanic, Bill,film producer.; Netter, Gil,film producer.(CARDINAL)847751; O'Keefe, Mark,film producer,screenwriter.; Oliver, Brian,1971-film producer.(CARDINAL)595856; Permut, David,film producer.; Quaid, Dennis,actor.(CARDINAL)354976; Rose, Brody,2004-actor.(CARDINAL)840654; Schenkkan, Robert,1953-screenwriter.; Shadyac, Tom,film producer,film director.(CARDINAL)635500; Shilaimon, Pete,film producer.(CARDINAL)616386; Spencer, Octavia,actor.(CARDINAL)340669; Worthington, Sam,1976-actor.(CARDINAL)340668; AI Film,production company.(CARDINAL)623343; Argent Pictures,presenter.; Binge Box (Firm),publisher.; City on a Hill Productions,production company.(CARDINAL)787098; Cross Creek Pictures,presenter.(CARDINAL)595734; Demarest Films,presenter.; Erwin Brothers,production company.; Gil Netter Productions,production company.; IM Global (Firm),production company.; Kylin Pictures,production company.; LD Entertainment,production company.(CARDINAL)346635; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.),presenter.(CARDINAL)340342; Midwest Tape (Firm); Mission Pictures (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)801894; Pandemonium Films,production company.; Permut Presentations (Firm),production company.; Pit Bull (Firm),production company.; Shady Acres (Firm),production company.; South West Film Group,production company.(CARDINAL)851906; Spyglass Entertainment (Firm),presenter.(CARDINAL)784936; Summit Entertainment,presenter.(CARDINAL)340673; TIK Films (Firm),presenter.(CARDINAL)340674; Universal Pictures (Firm),presenter.(CARDINAL)318695; Vendian Entertainment,production company.; Windblown Media,production company.;
Bruce Almighty: Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Baker Hall, Catherine Bell, Lisa Ann Walter, Steven Carell, Nora Dunn, Eddie Jemison, Sally Kirkland.Hacksaw Ridge: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Vince Vaughn.I can only imagine: J. Michael Finley, Brody Rose, Dennis Quaid, Cloris Leachman, Trace Adkins, Priscilla Shirer, Madeline Carroll.The shack: Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Avraham Aviv Alush, Radha Mitchell, Alice Braga, Graham Greene, Tim McGraw.Bruce Almighty: Bruce Nolan is a discontented TV reporter who believes the entire universe is stacked against him. After a bad day, Bruce flies into a rage and blames God for making his life so miserable. God responds by endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers and challenges him to take on "The Big Job" to see if he can do it any better.Hacksaw Ridge: During the bloodiest battle of WWII, in Okinawa, Desmond Doss saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he singlehandedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector to ever earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.I can only imagine: The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.The shack: After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.DVD, wide screen.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Religious films.; War films.; Doss, Desmond, 1919-2006; Millard, Bart; United States. Army; MercyMe (Musical group); Discontent; Faith; God; Grief; Life change events; Missing children; Musicians; Parent and child; Television journalists; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Face/off [videorecording] by Arquette, Patricia,1968-(CARDINAL)785759; Cage, Nicolas,1965-(CARDINAL)769314; Connelly, Joe,1963-Bringing out the dead.; De Palma, Brian.(CARDINAL)730172; Goodman, John,1952-(CARDINAL)344847; Rhames, Ving,1961-(CARDINAL)870393; Scorsese, Martin.(CARDINAL)519412; Sinise, Gary.(CARDINAL)318704; Sizemore, Tom,1961-; Travolta, John,1954-(CARDINAL)736543; Woo, John,1948-(CARDINAL)844925; DeBart (Firm); Douglas/Reuther (Firm); Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)287167; Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)(CARDINAL)360617; Touchstone Pictures.(CARDINAL)527647; WCG Entertainment (Firm);
Bringing out the dead: Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker ; music by Elmer Bernstein.Face/off: Director of photography, Oliver Wood ; film edited by Christian Wagner and Steven Kemper ; music by John Powell.Snake eyes: Director of photography, Stephen H. Burum ; edited by Bill Pankow ; music score composed and conducted by Ryuichi Sakamoto.Bringing out the dead: Nicholas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, Mary Beth Hurt.Face/off: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swan, NIck Cassavetes, Harve Presnell, Colm Feore, John Carroll Lynch, CCH Pounder.Snake eyes: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, John Heard, Carla Gugino, Stan Shaw, Kevin Dunn.Bringing out the dead: During a three-day stint, a wary paramedic confronts ghosts from the past.Face/off: Government agent Sean Archer, whose son was killed in an assassination attempt by Castor Troy, years later assumes Castor's face in order to bring down Troy's terrorist group, while Castor uses the same technique to assume Archer's identity.Snake eyes: A corrupt Atlantic City detective becomes involved in a cover-up with a buddy when the Secretary of Defense is assassinated at a boxing match.MPAA ratings: R, for violence, drug use and language.DVD; NTSC region 1; Dolby surround, Dolby 5.1 surround.
Subjects: DVD-Video discs.; Medical films (Drama); Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; DVD-Video discs.; Emergency medical technicians; Police corruption; Public officers; Revenge; Sons; Terrorists; Undercover operations;
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Nepantla familias : an anthology of Mexican American literature on families in between worlds / by Troncoso, Sergio,1961-editor.(CARDINAL)813824;
Includes bibliographical references.Introduction / Sergio Troncoso -- Nonfiction: Here, there / David Dorado Romo -- Life as Crossing Borders / Sergio Troncoso -- Losing my Mother Tongue / Reyna Grande -- Día de Muertos / Stephanie Elizondo Griest -- Calle Martín de Zavala / Francisco Cantú -- The Wonder Woman T-Shirt / Rigoberto González -- In(toxic)ated Masculinity / Alex Espinoza -- Piacularis / Domingo Martinez -- All the Pretty Ponies / Oscar Cásares -- Nobody's Favorite / Lorraine M. López -- Elote Man / David Dominguez -- Paco / Stephanie Li -- The Hole in the House / Sheryl Luna -- Letter to the Student Who Asks Me How I Managed to Do It / José Antonio Rodríguez -- Poetry: The Last Time I Went to Church / José Antonio Rodríguez -- Duty / Sheryl Luna -- Self-Portrait in the Year of the Dog / Deborah Paredez -- Why You Never Get in a Fight in Elementary School / Octavio Quintanilla -- Jarcería Shop / Sandra Cisneros -- Garden of Gethsemane / Diana Marie Delgado -- You're tired of your life / Octavio Quintanilla -- The Soul / Diana Marie Delgado -- Fiction : Dutiful Daughter / Diana López -- Melancholy Baby / Severo Perez -- Mundo Means World / Octavio Solis -- Border as Womb Emptied of Night and Swallows / ire'ne lara silva -- Family Unit / Rubén Degollado -- The Surprise Trancazo / Helena María Viramontes -- Mujeres Matadas / Daniel Chacón -- The Astronaut / Matt Mendez -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors."Nepantla Familias brings together Mexican American narratives that explore and negotiate the many permutations of living in between different worlds: how the authors or their characters create or fail to create, a cohesive identity amid the contradictions in their lives. Nepantla or living in the inbetween space of the borderland is the focus of this anthology. The essays, poems, and short stories explore the in-between moments in Mexican American life: the family dynamics of living between traditional and contemporary worlds, between Spanish and English, between cultures with traditional and shifting identities. In times of change, family values are either adapted or discarded in the quest for self-discovery, part of the process of selecting and composing elements of a changing identity. Nepantla is the quintessential American experience that revives important foundational values through immigrants and the children of immigrants. Here readers will find a glimpse of contemporary Mexican American experience; here, also, readers will experience complexities of the geographic, linguistic, and cultural borders common to us all"--
Subjects: Essays.; Poetry.; Short stories.; Mexican Americans; Mexican Americans; Mexican American families.; Mexican American families; Mexican Americans in literature.; Group identity in literature.;
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10 Universal film 1980s collection [videorecording] / by Aykroyd, Dan,actor(CARDINAL)348272; Baker, Joe Don,actor(CARDINAL)532248; Bening, Annette,actor; Berryman, Michael,actor; Bridges, Beau,actor(CARDINAL)342958; Candy, John,actor(CARDINAL)360493; Cates, Phoebe,actor(CARDINAL)845288; Chase, Chevy,actor(CARDINAL)388138; Coleman, Dabney,1932-actor(CARDINAL)844709; Culkin, Macaulay,1980-actor(CARDINAL)375913; Dante, Joe,actor(CARDINAL)756937; Davis, D'Mitch,actor; Dern, Bruce,actor(CARDINAL)346640; Deutch, Howard,actor; Ducommun, Rick,actor; Edwards, Luke,actor(CARDINAL)846064; Estevez, Emilio,1962-actor(CARDINAL)353958; Faracy, Stephanie,1952-actor; Feldman, Corey,actor(CARDINAL)532763; Fisher, Carrie,actor(CARDINAL)354745; Fox, Michael J.,actor(CARDINAL)518626; Hall, Anthony Michael,actor(CARDINAL)353960; Hanks, Tom,actor(CARDINAL)318707; Heckerling, Amy,actor(CARDINAL)776809; Hoffmann, Gaby,1982-actor(CARDINAL)832406; Holland, Todd,actor(CARDINAL)687527; Hughes, John,1950-2009,actor(CARDINAL)349391; Jordan, Richard,actor; Kelly, Jean Louisa,actor; LeBrock, Kelly,1960-actor; Leigh, Jennifer Jason,1962-actor; Lewis, Jenny,1976-actor; Libertini, Richard,actor; Madigan, Amy,actor(CARDINAL)531705; Mankiewicz, Tom,actor; Matheson, Tim,actor; Mitchell-Smith, Ilan,actor; Morgan, Harry,1915-2011,actor; Nelson, Judd,actor(CARDINAL)353962; Pankow, John,actor; Penn, Sean,1960-actor(CARDINAL)353210; Plummer, Christopher,actor(CARDINAL)344895; Reinhold, Judge,1957-actor(CARDINAL)356882; Ringwald, Molly,actor(CARDINAL)346349; Ritchie, Michael,1957-actor; Ross, Herbert,actor(CARDINAL)702061; Savage, Fred,1976-actor; Sheedy, Ally,actor(CARDINAL)353957; Slater, Christian,actor(CARDINAL)343219; Slater, Helen,actor(CARDINAL)427103; Walston, Ray,1917-2001,actor; Wheeler-Nicholson, Dana,actor; Whitton, Margaret,actor; Young, Christopher,1957-actor(CARDINAL)367667; Universal Pictures (Firm),presenter,distributor(CARDINAL)318695;
Dragnet: directed by Tom Mankiewicz ; written by Dan Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel, Tom Mankiewicz ; produced by David Permut, Robert K. Weiss.Fast times at Ridgemont High: directed by Amy Heckerling ; written by Cameron Crowe ; produced by Art Linson, Irving Azoff.Fletch: directed by Michael Ritchie ; written by Andrew Bergman ; produced by Alan Greisman, Peter Douglas.The 'Burbs: directed by Joe Dante ; produced by Michael Finnell, Larry Brezner ; written by Dana Olsen.The Breakfast Club: directed & written by John Hughes ; produced by Ned Tanen, John Hughes.The great outdoors: directed by Howard Deutch ; written by John Hughes ; produced by Arne Schmidt, John Hughes.The secret of my success: directed by Herbert Ross ; written by AJ Carothers, Jack Epps Jr., Jim Cash ; produced by David Chasman, Herbert Ross, Joseph M. Caracciolo, Nora Kaye.The wizard: directed by Todd Holland ; written by David Chisholm ; produced by David Chisholm, Ken Topolsky.Uncle Buck: directed & written by John Hughes ; produced by John Hughes, Tom Jacobson.Weird science: directed & written by John Hughes ; produced by Joel Silver.Dragnet: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, Christopher Plummer, Harry Morgan.Fast times at Ridgemont High: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston.Fletch: Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard Libertini.The 'Burbs: Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Bruce Dern, Corey Feldman, Rick Ducommun.The Breakfast Club: Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy.The great outdoors: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Annette Bening, Chris Young, Stephanie Faracy.The secret of my success: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow.The wizard: Fred Savage, Jenny Lewis, Luke Edwards, Christian Slater, Beau Bridges.Uncle Buck: John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Macaulay Culkin, Gaby Hoffman, Amy Madigan.Weird science: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Michael Berryman, D'Mitch Davis.Dragnet: "The equally-straight-laced and "by the book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery."--IMDB.comFast times at Ridgemont High: "A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs, and rock n' roll."--IMDB.comFletch: "Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, a newspaper reporter who changes his identity more often than his underwear. While working on a drug expoš, he stumbles onto a scam that gets him up to his byline in murder, police corruption and forbidden romance. For this ace newsman, it'll be the story of the year, if he can only stay alive till the deadline." -- Amazon.comThe 'Burbs: "Ray Peterson would like nothing better than to spend a quiet week's vacation in his suburban home, drinking beer and watching TV. But, spurred on by his two friends' spinning of boyish paranoid fantasies about their reclusive neighbors, the Klopeks, the usually down-to-earth Ray begins to suspect his idyllic neighborhood has been invaded by an evil force, to the point where he and his friends become psychotically nosey."--Amazon.comThe Breakfast Club: "An iconic portrait of 1980s American high school life. When Saturday detention started, they were simply the Jock, the Princess, the Brain, the Criminal and the Basket Case, but by that afternoon they had become closer than any of them could have imagined."--Amazon.comThe great outdoors: "When an uninvited and unwelcome family suddenly arrives to join their relatives for a summer of relaxation, the results are anything but restful. Chet Ripley's plans for a quiet vacation at a lakeside resort quickly take a turn when his obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, and his snooty family appear unannounced and ready to join for a season of "fun" in the sun. Unfortunately, the only thing these two in-laws have in common is their intense dislike for each other. Soon, it's brother-in-law against brother-in-law in an uproarious and hilarious fight to the finish!"--Amazon.comThe secret of my success: "A talented young man can't get an executive position without rising through the ranks, so he comes up with a shortcut, which also benefits his love life."--IMDB.comThe wizard: "Corey refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl, who notices that Jimmy has a special talent: he is a "wizard" at video games and gets the high score on absolutely everything he plays. Evading their parents and a sinister bounty hunter, the trio head for a climactic showdown at the video game championships in California."--Amazon.comUncle Buck: "As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon charms his younger relatives Miles and Maizy with his hefty cooking and his new way of doing the laundry. His carefree style does not impress everyone though - especially his rebellious teenage niece, Tia, and his impatient girlfriend, Chanice. With a little bit of luck and a lot of love, Uncle Buck manages to surprise everyone."--Amazon.comWeird science: "Join two socially challenged computer whizzes as they set out to create the "perfect woman". Like a computer-generated fairy godmother, the duo's heavenly creation guides the pair through the pleasures and pitfalls of teenage life."--Amazon.comThe Breakfast Club, R ; The 'Burbs, PG ; Dragnet, PG-13 ; Fast times at Ridgemont High, R ; Fletch, PG ; The great outdoors, PG ; The secret of my success, PG-13 ; Uncle Buck, PG ; Weird science, PG-13 ; The wizard, PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Ambition; Babysitting; Cannibalism; Contests; Criminal investigation; Disguise; Drug traffic; Families; Geeks (Computer enthusiasts); High school students; Impersonation; Impostors and imposture; Investigative reporting; Journalists; Police; Rich people; School discipline; Science projects; Suburbanites; Teenagers; Teenagers; Teenagers; Uncles; Vacations; Video games;
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The democratic civilization. by Lipson, Leslie,1912-2000.(CARDINAL)132498;
Bibliography: pages 595-598.1. Introduction -- New conditions and old notions -- What this book is about -- The democratic record -- The general nature of politics -- The social materials -- Creative government -- Ideal goals -- The use of comparisons -- Democracy as a civilizing force -- Part I The criteria of Democracy -- 2. The classical tradition -- The Athenian origins -- The historians' judgment: (1) Herodotus and the Persians -- (2) Thucydides and Pericles -- Decline of Athenian democracy -- The philosophers' analysis: (1) Plato's attack -- (2) Aristotle's summation -- The Greek verdict -- Some unsettled questions -- A premature experiment? -- Hardening of the literary tradition -- Democracy defined by Hobbes, Locke, and Montesquieu -- The direct democracy of Rousseau and Madison -- 3. The modern rebirth -- The authority of the individual -- Individualism in the theories of Hobbes and Locke -- The individual in Rousseau's community -- Ambiguity of the general will -- The democratic impetus of the nineteenth century -- Representation and the change of scale -- Tocqueville on American democracy -- John Stuart Mill on representative government -- The century of the common man.Three views of democracy: (1) Machinery and process -- (2) The values of democratic politics -- (3) Social democracy -- democracy and liberalism -- Nationalism an democracy -- These and variations -- Part II The democratic society -- 4. The spread and limits of democracy -- From revolution to evolution -- British gradualism and example -- Full democracy a recent phenomenon -- The link with imperialism -- Survey of democracies in 1939 -- A contemporary estimate -- The social environment of the political system -- 5. Race relations -- The politics of racial, religious and linguistic groupings -- Characteristics of a divided society -- How such divisions concern democracy -- Government in a racially mixed community -- Racial experience of the United States: (1) Slavery versus democracy -- (2) Democracy versus discrimination -- The struggle of American negroes for equality -- South Africa: The politics of fear -- Apartheid plus the police state -- Brazil's three races -- Equality of races, inequality of classes -- The Hawaiian melting-pot -- The spread of interracial tolerance.6. Language and religion -- Governing people who differ in speech and faith -- A comparison of Spain and Russia -- The rule of intolerance -- The multinational Austrian empire -- The democratic state in mixed communities -- Belgium's split personality -- The two cultures in Canada -- The observations of Lord Durham -- Diversity within a federal union -- The Swiss paradox -- Why the Swiss had to be tolerant -- The unity of the unlike -- Cleavages in modern Switzerland -- Toleration and neutrality -- Equality for dissimilars -- 7. Geopolitics -- Geographical influences on politics -- The physical foundations of states -- Political types in relation to power on land or sea -- Sea power and Athenian democracy -- Land power and the government of Sparta -- The Roman land empire and the loss of the republic -- Russia and Prussia -- Army and autocracy in Germany -- The British navy and domestic liberty -- Oceanic safeguards of the United States -- Generalization from these examples -- Some apparent exceptions: (1) The rise of American land power -- (2) The French army versus the democratic republics -- (3) The Swiss case which proves the rule -- Why navies did not threaten democracy -- Questions about air power and space -- The political cost of armaments -- Contemporary military regimes -- The primacy of politics over arms -- 8. The economic origins -- The political economy -- Economic prerequisites of democracy -- Challenges to feudalism -- The pre-industrial revolutions -- The second stage of revolution -- Industrial economics and maturing democracy -- Class relations in nineteenth-century Britain -- Diagnoses by Disraeli, Marx, and Mill.Agrarian roots of American democracy -- The merger of Jefferson and Hamilton -- Industrial expansion of the United States -- Big government for big business -- The experience of continental Europe -- The middle class in France and Italy -- Unifying the Germans: The liberals or Bismarck -- Weimar or Nazism -- Pivotal role of the middle class -- 9. Modern economic policies -- Economic factors connected with democracy -- Democracy under Agrarian conditions -- (1) The case of Denmark -- (2) The New Zealand parallel -- Is democracy the luxury of the rich? High living standards and democratic states -- A warning about casual inferences -- Capitalism, socialism, and democratic government -- The dilemma of liberalism -- The modern mixed economics -- Public ownership -- The social services -- Planning and regulation -- The American economy and state control -- Contrasts in the affluent society -- The prestige of the businessman -- Future responsibilities of government -- Part III The politics and government of democracy -- 10. The sovereign voters -- Political dynamics and democratic institutions -- Participation by the people -- Removal of obstacles to universal suffrage -- The use of the right to vote -- Reasons for voting and non-voting -- Effects of the electoral system -- Voting in New Zealand, a special case -- Influence on the vote of parties and campaigning -- Political implications of mass voting -- The education of the public -- The frequency of elections -- The popular initiative and referendum -- Distrust of the legislature.11. The two-party system -- The ancestors of parties -- Why parties are essential to democratic government -- The causes of the party system -- The classic two-party model: Great Britain -- Institutional explanations of British parties -- (1) The cabinet and the power to dissolve -- (2) The electoral system -- The social roots of British politics -- Dualism, religious and economic -- Response of the parties to industrialism -- The model exported to Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa -- Institutional patterns of the four countries -- Their social structures, from simple to complex -- Summary of experience in the older commonwealth -- The two party-systems of the United States -- Alignments in modern American politics -- 12. Politics with many parties -- Characteristics of multipartism -- Reasons for the Swiss party system -- Formation of the parties before World War I -- How the electoral system originally operated -- The switch to proportional representation -- Relative strength of Swiss parties since 1919 -- The radicals and the socialists -- The Catholic-conservatives and the smaller parties -- Stable multipartism in Scandinavia -- The case of the Norwegian Labor Party -- French politics in the third and fourth republics -- "Proving" an untruth -- Institutions molded by the party system -- What the electoral permutations reveal -- Disagreements about first principles -- Timing and sequence of French political events -- Toward an unscientific generalization -- 13. The constitutional order -- The rationale of constitutions -- Aristotle's analysis -- The social content of constitutional forms -- The Brazilian experience -- Requirements for a democratic constitution -- The British constitutional crisis of 1909-11 -- The lessons of those events -- The South African controversy of 1951-56 -- The two cases compared -- Political evolution of the American constitution -- France's perpetual revolution -- The control and transfer of power.14. Political leadership -- Leadership of the democratic style -- The ambivalence of leadership -- The Swiss type of collegial executive -- Party composition of the federal council -- The American presidency -- The quality of presidents -- The functions of a president -- The chief legislator -- The responsibility for foreign relations -- The British cabinet system -- Party influence on the cabinet -- The prime minister -- The premier's position in the ministry -- The choice of a new leader -- The American administration -- The growing resemblance of the presidency and premiership -- Comparison of the three systems -- Part IV The democratic values -- 16. Liberty and equality -- The purpose of a philosophy of democracy -- Contradictions among the traditional concepts -- Critique of Mill's analysis of liberty -- The case for absolute intellectual freedom -- The consequences of expressing opinions -- Ethical value and scientific truth -- Are there limits to tolerance? -- Equality: Identical or proportional -- Status, rewards, and quality -- Government as an equalizer -- Liberty multiplied by equality -- 17. Majority rule, minority rights, and the public good -- An ethical source for government power -- The virtue of consent -- Justifying majority rule -- The rightness of the larger numbers -- The rights of minorities -- Ideals in conflict -- The search for a synthesis -- (1) The natural rights theory -- (2) The quest for the general will -- The wisdom of the fallible -- Why democratic ideals are self-contradictory -- 18. Conclusions -- The social conditions of democracy -- The influences of philosophy -- The mediating role of politics -- The United States and Great Britain -- Switzerland, Denmark, Canada, and New Zealand -- Two categories of democracy -- What follows maturity? -- Fresh fields for democracy -- The negative summing-up -- The positive evaluation.
Subjects: Democracy.;
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