The Principle of Official Independence With Particular Reference to the Political History of Canada (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Dawson, Robert Macgregor

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ISBN 10: 1330679075 ISBN 13: 9781330679074

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Principle of Official Independence With Particular Reference to the Political History of Canada

How accurate a parallel this is to the study of political science may be seen by the alteration of a few 'words: It is one great weakness of political science as a picture of our modern state, that it must be a picture made up entirely of exceptions. It announces in a conspicuous paragraph that a judge has been removed for corruption. It does not announce in a conspicuous paragraph that a judge has not been removed for corruption. That a judge has not been removed for corruption is really more noteworthy; and it is also some thousand times more common. But political science cannot reason ably be expected thus to insist upon the permanent miracles. Students cannot be expected to head their paragraphs NO judge has as yet been removed for improbity,' or civil servants still retain office.' They cannot announce the virtues of the state to all. They cannot describe all the judges who are not removed, or all the Commissions which function without friction. Hence the complete picture they give of the state is of necessity fallacious they can only represent what is unusual. In short, the study of the institutions and the officials of a state must be largely pathological it must be concerned with illness rather than health, with weakness rather than strength. I therefore make my apology for perhaps unduly stressing this aspect of Canadian government — an apology which is the more sincere because made by a Canadian who would desire to present his own country in a favourable light.

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Excerpt from The Principle of Official Independence With Particular Reference to the Political History of Canada

How accurate a parallel this is to the study of political science may be seen by the alteration of a few 'words: It is one great weakness of political science as a picture of our modern state, that it must be a picture made up entirely of exceptions. It announces in a conspicuous paragraph that a judge has been removed for corruption. It does not announce in a conspicuous paragraph that a judge has not been removed for corruption. That a judge has not been removed for corruption is really more noteworthy; and it is also some thousand times more common. But political science cannot reason ably be expected thus to insist upon the permanent miracles. Students cannot be expected to head their paragraphs NO judge has as yet been removed for improbity,' or civil servants still retain office.' They cannot announce the virtues of the state to all. They cannot describe all the judges who are not removed, or all the Commissions which function without friction. Hence the complete picture they give of the state is of necessity fallacious they can only represent what is unusual.

In short, the study of the institutions and the officials of a state must be largely pathological it must be concerned with illness rather than health, with weakness rather than strength. I therefore make my apology for perhaps unduly stressing this aspect of Canadian government - an apology which is the more sincere because made by a Canadian who would desire to present his own country in a favourable light.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Principle of Official Independence With Particular Reference to the Political History of Canada

This book is an attempt to analyse the conception of independence in the modern state -pan idea which, though it finds expression in a multitude of practical forms, has been ignored by the majority of writers on politics. In order to make the discussion more concrete, I have thought it wiser to confine myself to Canadian government, and have only enlarged this sphere when comparison with some other country demanded it.

While writing those chapters dealing with the officials of the Canadian state, I have often feared that the text might not accurately portray the actual conditions which exist - a fear based largely on the method of analysis that has been used in discovering the position and powers which the officials occupy and exercise. A quotation from Mr. G. K. Chesterton may make this point more clear:

"It is the one great weakness of journalism as a picture of our modern existence, that it must be a picture made up entirely of exceptions. We announce on flaring posters that a man has fallen off a scaffolding. We do not announce on flaring posters that a man has not fallen off a scaffolding. ... That a man has not fallen off a scaffolding is really more sensational; and it is also some thousand times more common. But journalism cannot reason¬ably be expected thus to insist upon the permanent miracles. Busy editors cannot be expected to put on their posters Mr. Wilkinson Still Safe' or ' Mr. Jones, of Worthing, Not Dead Yet.'

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1330679075
• ISBN 13: 9781330679074
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 292
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