The Crisis Of Democracy: Report On The Governability Of Democracies To The Trilateral Commission (triangle Papers)

Book by Crozier, Michel, Huntington, Samuel P., Watanuki, Joji Chapter I - Introduction I. The Current Pessimism About Democracy (1) II. The Challenges Confronting Democratic Government (3) Chapter II - Western Europe (by Michel Crozier) I. Are European Democracies Becoming Ungovernable? (11) 1. The Overload of the Decision-Making Systems 2. Bureaucratic Weight and Civic Irresponsibility 3. The European Dimension II. Social, Economic and Cultural Causes (20) 1. The Increase of Social Interaction 2. The Impact of Economic Growth 3. The Collapse of Traditional Institutions 4. The Upsetting of the Intellectual World 5. The Mass Media 6. Inflation III. The Role and Structure of Political Values (39) 1. The Values Structure and the Problem of Rationality 2. Core Political Beliefs 3. The Impact of Social, Economic and Cultural Changes on the Principles of Rationality and on the Core Political Beliefs 4. Traditional Factors as a Counterweight 5. The Risks of Social and Political Regression IV. Conclusions: European Vulnerability (52) Chapter III - The United States (by Samuel P. Huntington) I. The Viability and governability of American Democracy (59) II. The Expansion of Governmental Activity (65) III. The Decline in Governmental Authority (74) 1. The Democratic Challenge to Authority 2. Decline in Public Confidence and Trust 3. The Decay of the Party System 4. The Shifting Balance Between Government and Opposition IV. The Democratic Distemper: Consequences (102) V. The Democratic Distemper: Causes (106) VI. Conclusion: Toward a Democratic Balance (113) Chapter IV - Japan (by Joji Watanuki) I. Japanese Democracy's Governability (119) 1. External Conditions 2. Domestic Conditions and Capabilities II. Changing Values, New Generations and Their Impact on the Governability of Japanese Democracy (138) 1. Political Beliefs 2. Social and Economic Values III. Consequences for and Future Perspectives on the Governability of Japanese Democracy (149) 1. Time Lag 2. Decline of Leadership and Delay of Decisions 3. Vagaries of Urban, Educated Nonpartisans 4. The Place of the Communists in the Multiparty System 5. What Will Happen in the 1980s? Chapter V - Conclusion I The Changing Context of Democratic Government (157) II. Consensus Without Purpose: The Rise of Anomic Democracy (158) III. The Dysfunctions of Democracy (161) 1. The Delegitimiation of Authority 2. The Overloading of Government 3. The Disaggregation of Interests 4. Parochialism in International Affairs IV. Variations Among Regions (168) Appendices Appendix I - Discussion of Study during Plenary Meeting of The Trilateral Commission - Kyoto, May 31, 1975 (173) A. Arenas for Action B. Excerpts of Remarks by Ralf Dahrendorf C. Discussion of the Study Appendix II - Canadian Perspectives on the Governability of Democracies - Discussion in Montreal, May 16, 1975 (203) The Passions of Law is the first anthology to treat the role that emotions play, don't play, and ought to play in the practice and conception of law and justice. Lying at the intersection of law, psychology, and philosophy, this emergent field of law scholarship raises some of the most profound and interesting questions at the heart of jurisprudence. For example, what role do emotions like fear, cowardice, disgust, respect, revenge, remorse, shame, love, mercy, and compassion play in the decision-making processes of judges, lawyers, juries, and clients? What emotions belong in which legal contexts? Is there a hierarchy of emotions, and, if so, through what sources do we identify it? To what extent are emotions subject to change or tutelage? How can we evaluate the role of emotion in such disparate contexts as death sentencing, laws about same-sex marriage, hate crime legislation, punitive damages, or shaming penalties?Consisting entirely of original essays by leading scholars of law, theology, political science, and philosophy, The Passions of Law contributes to ongoing efforts to humanize law and reveals how this previously unacknowledged aspect of decision-making exerts a much greater impact on justice and the practice of law than most tend, or like, to think. Report on current trends in democracy in Western Europe, the USA and Japan - discusses the collapse of traditional authority and institutional framework, core political ideology and political behaviour, the decline of leadership and the spread of bureaucracy, etc Western Europe -- The United States -- Japan. Michel Crozier, Samuel P. Huntington, Joji Watanuki. Includes Bibliographical References.