Patterns of Polity
Title | Patterns of Polity PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Le Roy Jr. Long |
Publisher | The Pilgrim Press |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 2001-06-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0829820760 |
An excellent primer on the spectrum of ways in which Christians organize their institutional life, Long's study of polity—that is, methods of religious organization—intends to enlighten the reader about the ways in which belief shapes personal and communal function. "Patterns of Polity" is a comparative examination of church governance by bishops, governance by elders, and governance by congregations across contemporary branches of Christianity. "Patterns of Polity" does not defend the validity of any particular polity, but instead raises questions that are essential to all polities and to all communities: How is power created and used? In what ways are polities most likely to function well? In what ways are polities susceptible to corruption and dysfunction? How are conflicts adjudicated and finances handled?
Patterns of Government
Title | Patterns of Government PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel H. Beer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 624 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Comparative government |
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Europe's Would-be Polity
Title | Europe's Would-be Polity PDF eBook |
Author | Leon N. Lindberg |
Publisher | |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | European federation |
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Sane Polity
Title | Sane Polity PDF eBook |
Author | William Ophuls |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013-02-14 |
Genre | Political science |
ISBN | 9781480073166 |
William Ophuls proposes a different way of thinking about governance. Inspired by architecture, he articulates a pattern language of politics-a set of thirty-five design criteria for constructing sane and humane polity. Since ancient times, human beings have asked a fundamental question: What is a good society, and how should it be governed? Plato's response was philosophical. In *The Republic*, he searched for an abstract notion of justice to guide political thought and action. Aristotle's response was empirical. In *The Politics*, he tried to discover which constitutions were more conducive to justice in practice. Following Aristotle, the modern era embraced constitutionalism as the royal road to political nirvana. Thus the American founders, who were also inspired by the mechanical worldview, framed a constitutional machine intended to foster individual liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But the mechanical worldview is no longer intellectually tenable, and constitutional governance is no longer practically viable. Far from fostering a society in which men and women flourish according to their own lights, modern polities grow steadily more dysfunctional and oppressive. Ophuls argues that a pattern language best accords with the dawning ecological worldview and the emerging scientific understanding of systems and chaos. He contends that the proper way to shape the political future is not with rigid legal machinery, as is our wont, but instead with flexible design criteria resembling the architectural patterns used for constructing human settlements and dwellings.
The Patterns of World Politics
Title | The Patterns of World Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Kim Richard Nossal |
Publisher | Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice Hall Allyn and Bacon Canada |
Pages | 564 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780139074783 |
The Pattern of Politics
Title | The Pattern of Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Taylor |
Publisher | McClelland & Stewart |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Political Science |
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Patterns of Authority
Title | Patterns of Authority PDF eBook |
Author | Harry Eckstein |
Publisher | Wiley-Interscience |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Political Science |
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