Charles Merriam (1874-1953) was professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He served on the Research Committee on Social Trends under President Hebert Hoover and on the National Resources Planning Board under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is known as the father of the behavioral movement in political science and believed that theories of political process needed to be linked to practical political activity. Sidney A. Pearson, Jr. is professor emeritus of political science at Radford University. He is the series editor of Library of Liberal Thought at Transaction Publishers. In addition to this title he also wrote new introductions for Presidential Leadership, The New Democracy, and Party Government all available from Transaction Publishers.
I: The Background of American Political Thought
II: Typical Interpretations of Democracy
III: The Consent of the Governed
IV: Legislative and Executive Powers of Government
V: The Courts and Justice
VI: Responsibility of Judges to the Democracy
VII: Democracy and Constitutional Change
VIII: The Unit of Democratic Organization
IX: Internationalism - Pacifism - Militarism
X: The Political Party and Unofficial Government
XI: Government and Liberty
XII: Government and Liberty (Continued)
XIII: Systematic Studies of Politics
XIV: Political Ideas in American Literature 1
XV: Summary
