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Reflections on the American Party System—1959 Model

Reflections on the American Party System—1959 Model Reflections on the American Party System-1959 Model of its political system, for the preponderant place it holds in the free world today. Isolation and resources are not enough, for Brazil and Argentina are rich and isolated, have wasted less of their substance on war than has the United States and have not made a startling success of their political way of life. Then if the traditional view does not account for the fact that, by and large, the United States has been a success, the destiny of parliamentary government on the British model is not seen in as kindly a light as it was a generation ago, not to speak of the age of Bagehot. “In the grand inquest of the nation, the House of Commons is the corpse” has too much truth in it to be altogether palatable-even as an exaggeration. The vaunted discipline of the English parties can shut off discussion when the front benches are agreed and does not necessarily make it effective when they are not. The unity of the parties is often fictitious and the degree of doctrinal coherence attributable to the electors of each of the major parties is not to be http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Politics and History Wiley

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Wiley
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Copyright © 1959 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0004-9522
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1467-8497
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10.1111/j.1467-8497.1959.tb01191.x
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Reflections on the American Party System-1959 Model of its political system, for the preponderant place it holds in the free world today. Isolation and resources are not enough, for Brazil and Argentina are rich and isolated, have wasted less of their substance on war than has the United States and have not made a startling success of their political way of life. Then if the traditional view does not account for the fact that, by and large, the United States has been a success, the destiny of parliamentary government on the British model is not seen in as kindly a light as it was a generation ago, not to speak of the age of Bagehot. “In the grand inquest of the nation, the House of Commons is the corpse” has too much truth in it to be altogether palatable-even as an exaggeration. The vaunted discipline of the English parties can shut off discussion when the front benches are agreed and does not necessarily make it effective when they are not. The unity of the parties is often fictitious and the degree of doctrinal coherence attributable to the electors of each of the major parties is not to be

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Australian Journal of Politics and History – Wiley

Published: Nov 1, 1959

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