Political Discipline in a Free Society (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 40)
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Artificial Society
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Contemporary Society
cumulative learning
democratic governance
Direct Democracy
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experiential political discipline model
George III
Global Comfort
Good Life
human progress philosophy
Indefinite Perfectibility
Independent Groups
NATO Power
Nuclear Disarmament
Party Game
Public Administration
rational decision making
social contract theory
social policy analysis
St Thomas Aquinas
War Time
Young Men
Young Mill
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- ISBN 9780415555814
- Weight: 690g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 06 Oct 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book traces the rise and fall of political philosophies since the 17th century. The second part of the book shows how the general technique of cumulative learning from experience applies to social legislation and social services, party politics to defence strategy and to the trends that follow the modern explosion of knowledge and capital. The main argument is that social control is at its best a deliberate joint creation of and learning from social experience; and in this sense political discipline although not the same as logical or scientific discipline is like them a submission to form, not force. The book gives a definite meaning to the idea of human progress and finds reason for a restoration of political hope and faith.
