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Banking on Politics: A Study of Campaign Contributions and Revolving Doors
Get PDFThe Establishment model of American politics is examined through a study of the political involvement of the largest 100 banks. Establishmentism posits a close and mutually beneficial relationship between economic and political elites. The findings indicate that larger; more transnational and economically connected banks from New York are indeed more politically involved with respect to campaign contributions and revolving doors. The implications of the findings are then discussed
Pluralism and Democracy in Yugoslavia: Reform or Paralysis
Get PDFThe present debate in Yugoslavia about "democratization" of the League of Communists is a consequence of the Party\u27s heritage of anti-Stalinism, the constitutional evolution of the country, and the situation after Tito\u27s death. Nearly two decades ago the Praxis group of political philosophers were the first to criticize the absence of intraparty democracy, and while many of these critics were silenced, their ideas have re-emerged in Yugoslavia during the economic crisis of the 1980\u27s. Within the League, the debate has touched on its responsibility for public policy, its organizational principles, and its monopoly of power. Opposition to reform and fear of political change have limited practical effect of the debate, but it continues to raise fundamental questions ahout the meaning of democracy in a one party system
Patterns of Campaign Finance in Pennsylvania\u27s 1982 Legislative Election
Get PDFThis paper analyzes sources of contributions to virtually all candidates for Pennsylvania legislative office in 1982 who reported raising or spending more than 7,750,000 were examined. Almost half came in amounts greater than 50 or less from individuals: an equal proportion came from individuals giving between 250. Political Action Committee contributions received special scrutiny. About 27% of all money raised came from PACs, split evenly between Republicans and Democrats. But PAC money heavily favored incumbents by a three to one margin. In sharp contrast to political party contributions, PACs gave almost as much to candidates assured of victory or even unopposed as to those in close races. Labor PACs gave about as much as professional PACs, but were outspent two to one by business PACs. Overall, PACs accounted for nearly 37% of incumbents\u27 receipts, suggesting their role is greater than in U.S. Congressional elections
Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration, by Ashley E. Lucas
No full textPrison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration is an excellent collection of essays about a population of people who are not supposed to be studied. As the chapters make clear, modern prisons have been built and maintained in ways that make it very difficult for those in the outside world to have access. Ashley Lucas, the main author of the book, has done a brilliant job navigating the methodological difficulties that arise when studying prison theatre. Most importantly, she has written a complex, humanizing, and heart-wrenching study that makes the prison performances on the page come alive for the reader. Indeed, because her writing is so visual, most readers should be able to picture the performances in their minds
Collective Bargaining and Municipal Distress: State Problem, State Solution
Get PDFThe limited authority that municipalities have over the costs of police and fire personnel is a primary cause of fiscal distress in local governments in Pennsylvania. This article argues that the state legislature must amend Act 111 to give local governments and uniformed-employee unions equal standing under the law. The currently inequitable standing between a police or firefighters\u27 union and a local government during negotiation and arbitration is the flaw in Act 111. The root of this flaw lies in the historical relationship between the state legislature and local governments and the parallel history that led to the passage of Act 111 in 1968. The defect in Act 111 is a prime cause of the substantial growth in the cost of local governments\u27 municipal police pensions. The state legislature recognized the legal deficiency of Act 111 by enacting the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, known as Act 47, which is the state program for municipal bankruptcy. To curtail the pending municipal fiscal crisis, the state legislature must amend Act 111. The amendments proposed in this article would correct the defect in Act 111 by granting equal standing under the law to local governments and police and firefights\u27 unions
Idealism, Realism, and the Categorial Imperative in Kant\u27s Perpetual Peace
Get PDFImmanuel Kant\u27s philosophical system is devoted to reconciling the "anti-nomy" between freedom and determination. In Perpetual Peace, this becomes the related antinomy between morality and politics. This article reinterprets Kant\u27s political essays as efforts to reconcile the modern dichotomy in international politics between idealism and realism. Kant\u27s application of his famous moral rule, the categorical imperative, to the problem of war and peace captures the tension between these contradictory approaches to international relations. The reconciliation he achieves allows contemporary practitioners to be guardedly hopeful in their peacemaking efforts. Proponents of the "democratic peace" thesis, which Kant originated, would do well to control their enthusiasm; yet critics should contain their cynicism
