Government and Politics in the Twentieth Century (Classic Reprint)

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The distinguishing feature of modern government is its universal recognition and acceptance as an active force in the forming of economic and social conditions. In the United States, there remains a much greater attachment than in Great Britain or in France to the idea that govem ment should be only an umpire adjudicating the rules by which other forces in society compete, but even there such governmental activities as the tva or credit controls to prevent economic fluctuation are now accepted with little question. Thus, in the older democracies, and still more in the newer developing states as well as in Communist controlled countries, government is looked on as a major, or even the dominant, organizing power in society.

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