Suchergebnisse

Events of the 1950's threatened the traditional values of the southern US & mothered several movements aimed at the preservation of the traditional framework: (1) massive resistance, (2) nullification, (3) interposition, (4) open defiance of Federal law, (5) the perpetuation of the Dixiecrat legacy re States' Rights candidates, (6) independent electors, (7) White Citizens' Councils, (8) the revival of the Ku Klux Klan & (9) overnight 'conversion ' to Republicanism (Rep'ism). The forces of conservatism & reaction took many forms. Yet one also looks in vain for a major progressive, creative, liberal, or reformist movement, offering genuine policy alternatives in Southern pol. Long in the doldrums of Southern competitive pol, the Rep's are surging forward in the South-the greatest pol'al innovation since the establishment of the one-party system nearly a cent ago. Modern Southern REP'ISM is a creature unlike the old GOP-it prospers with growing industrialization Ur'ization. Its survival may well depend, however, on how it responds to the crucial issues of racial extremism & ultra-conservatism; an effective party cannot be built largely on anti-Negro individuals & `converts' who are using the party of Lincoln for cynical & opportunistic purposes. Playing the matter `by ear', the odds are that the 2 major parties will fit their strategy program appeal to the State & local situations; they will carry their ideological water on both shoulders. The changes in the South will have a cumulative effect, but no-one is wise enough to identify the precise pol'al,org'al & ideological consequences. IPSA.

The essence of Hacker's formulation is the Rc theory. Following Mosca & Pareto, he analyzes the structure of US culture in terms of power relations. Historically, Hacker maintains, a SC controlled the reins of power because of its deferential status in a highly stratified society, currently, he continues, a SC monopolized power because of its manipulative skill. While Hacker's thesis contains elements of validity, it is not convincing, for neither Rc is properly defined nor identifled. Insufficient are his criteria of soc & pol'al differentiation. Indeed, Hacker's construction is based on a petitio principle. He misconceives the nature of SC's, the meaning of democracy, the complexity of the soc process, man's unique freedom to transcend & modify soc structures & configurations, & the intricate nexus & multifarious forms & structures of power. (See SA 6258) AA-IPSA.