{"product_id":"2940013691193","title":"THE BOSS AND THE MACHINE, A CHRONICLE OF THE POLITICIANS AND PARTY ORGANIZATION","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I.    THE RISE OF THE PARTY\u003cbr\u003e     II.   THE RISE OF THE MACHINE\u003cbr\u003e     III.  THE TIDE OF MATERIALISM\u003cbr\u003e     IV.   THE POLITICIAN AND THE CITY\u003cbr\u003e     V.    TAMMANY HALL\u003cbr\u003e     VI.   LESSER OLIGARCHIES\u003cbr\u003e     VII.  LEGISLATIVE OMNIPOTENCE\u003cbr\u003e     VIII. THE NATIONAL HIERARCHY\u003cbr\u003e     IX.   THE AWAKENING\u003cbr\u003e     X.    PARTY REFORM\u003cbr\u003e     XI.   THE EXPERT AT LAST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BOSS AND THE MACHINE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. THE RISE OF THE PARTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe party system is an essential instrument of Democracy. Wherever\u003cbr\u003egovernment rests upon the popular will, there the party is the organ of\u003cbr\u003eexpression and the agency of the ultimate power. The party is, moreover,\u003cbr\u003ea forerunner of Democracy, for parties have everywhere preceded free\u003cbr\u003egovernment. Long before Democracy as now understood was anywhere\u003cbr\u003eestablished, long before the American colonies became the United\u003cbr\u003eStates, England was divided between Tory and Whig. And it was only after\u003cbr\u003ecenturies of bitter political strife, during which a change of ministry\u003cbr\u003ewould not infrequently be accompanied by bloodshed or voluntary exile,\u003cbr\u003ethat England finally emerged with a government deriving its powers from\u003cbr\u003ethe consent of the governed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe functions of the party, both as a forerunner and as a necessary\u003cbr\u003eorgan of Democracy, are well exemplified in American experience. Before\u003cbr\u003ethe Revolution, Tory and Whig were party names used in the colonies to\u003cbr\u003edesignate in a rough way two ideals of political doctrine. The Tories\u003cbr\u003ebelieved in the supremacy of the Executive, or the King; the Whigs in\u003cbr\u003ethe supremacy of Parliament. The Tories, by their rigorous and ruthless\u003cbr\u003eacts giving effect to the will of an un-English King, soon drove the\u003cbr\u003eWhigs in the colonies to revolt, and by the time of the Stamp Act (1765)\u003cbr\u003ea well-knit party of colonial patriots was organized through committees\u003cbr\u003eof correspondence and under the stimulus of local clubs called \"Sons of\u003cbr\u003eLiberty.\" Within a few years, these patriots became the Revolutionists,\u003cbr\u003eand the Tories became the Loyalists. As always happens in a successful\u003cbr\u003erevolution, the party of opposition vanished, and when the peace of\u003cbr\u003e1783 finally put the stamp of reality upon the Declaration of 1776, the\u003cbr\u003epatriot party had won its cause and had served its day.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083146641648,"sku":"2940013691193","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013691193_p0.jpg?v=1763584041","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013691193","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}