1st Edition
The American Democracy (Works of Harold J. Laski) A Commentary and an Interpretation
This is Laski’s most important book after A Grammar of Politics. It discusses, on a grand scale, every aspect of American public life. Laski surveys American traditions and the American spirit, political institutions, the entire educational, religious, economic and social scene, America as a world power, and Americanism as a principle of civilisation. Laski’s unsurpassed knowledge of American constitutional, social and cultural history is set in the perspective of his deep study of comparative constitutional history and political theory. He was one of very few people to see U.S. politics from the inside, as a result of his friendships with Roosevelt, Brandeis and Oliver Wendell Holmes.
1. The Traditions of America 2. The Spirit of America 3. American Political Institutions: Federal 4. American Political Institutions: State and Local 5. American Business Enterprise 6. American labour 7. Religion in America 8. American Education 9. American Culture 10. America and its Minority Problems 11. America as a World Power 12. The Professions in America 13. Press, Cinema and Radio in America 14. Americanism as a Principle of Civilization.
