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The semisovereign people: a realist's view of democracy in America by E. E. Schattschneider; reissued with an introd. by David Adamany is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The semisovereign people: a realist's view of democracy in America about?

This book started out to be an attempt to formulate a theory of political organization. While the emphasis has shifted somewhat in the course of the writing, it is still a book about political organization, an attempt to work out a theory about the relation between organization and conflict, the relation between political organization and democracy, and the organizational alternatives open to the American people. The assumption made throughout is that the nature of political organization depends on the conflicts exploited in the political system, which ultimately is what politics is about. The thesis is that we shall never understand politics unless we know what the struggle is about. The great problem in American politics is: What makes things happen? We might understand the dynamics of American politics if we knew what is going on when things are happening. What is the process of change? What does change look like? These questions are worth asking because obviously tremendous things are going on in American public affairs, even in quiet times... To understand why Americans generally have been unconscious of the process of change it is necessary to take a new look at the dynamics

Who reads The semisovereign people: a realist's view of democracy in America?

Author

E. E. Schattschneider; reissued with an introd. by David Adamany

Publisher

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Published

1975

Language

EN

ISBN

9780030133664

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, Fiction

Rating

3.98 / 5 (142 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14