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V.J. Chalupa On Post-Modern Politics
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A. Politics - What Is It? POLITICS
AS ACTION Why
and How Write on Politics? Seeking
the Truth Purpose
and Means Subjects
of Thought and Will Individuals From
Individuals to Organization Politics
and Its Subjects Ultima
Ration -- the State Decision
Making Propaganda Financing Managing
Legislators Political
Organizations and Personalities Its
Nature Its
Goal Its
Object of Care State
as General Means of Politics Constitution The
Law 5.
State as a Political Organization Sovereignty Divided
Sovereignty Federation Other
Composite States Allocation
of Sovereignty Centralization Decentralization Self-government Functional Territorial Local Consolidation
of autonomous bodies Reduced
sovereignty 6.
Domestic Policy I - Democracy: Rule of the Citizen People
Know Best From
the Will of Citizens to the Will of the State Elections Electoral
Systems Majority
electoral system Proportional
electoral system Combination
electoral systems Selection
of candidates Governing
through Separation of Powers Legislation The
Executive Majority
government Coalition
government The
Judiciary Dividing
the State 7.
Domestic Policy II - Autocracy: Rule and Obedience Autocracy A
Lawless State Absolutism Dictatorship Managerism A.
Preconditions B.
Building sphere of power C.
Entering the government D.
In power Totalitarianism Decentralized
Totalitarianism A.
Preconditions B.
Building sphere of power C.
Penetrating the state D.
In power Pluralism Minorities Equality
for individuals Preferences
for individuals Equality
for groups Antisemitism Individualism State
and the Economy Socialism The
Cooperative System Solidarism Reverse
Solidarism Links
between Economic and Political Systems Means
of Coercion and Implementation Purpose
and Structure of Bureaucracy State
Bureaucracy Basic
Concepts Elements
of Power -- Domestic Strength Material
factors Spiritual
factors Elements
of Power - Foreign Relations Non-violent
means Violent
means Overt
warfare Covert
warfare International
Relations International
Legal Order From
International to Supra-national Organizations World-wide
integration Regional
integration Dismantling
national/state independence The
Legal Way to Power In
an Autocracy In
a Democracy -- Political Parties Politics
as a profession Managerization
of parties Impact
of Electoral Systems Summary The
Illegal Way to Power Influencing
the Rulers Fighting
the System Measures
and Countermeasures Measures
of the resistance Countermeasures
of government Interaction
B. Objective Criteria -- PRINCIPLES
OF POLITICS
Man
as Means Methodology Nature
of Nature Life Mind Culture 19.Principles of Politics -- Achievability
of Ends Purpose Object
of Care Summary 20.Principles
of Politics – Usefulness Methodology The
Individual and the Collective State
as Institution Individualistic
state Collectivist
state State
as Cultivator of Spiritual Development Economic
Order Foreign
Policy International
Relations Limitations
of Science Correctives Common
Sense Customs
and Traditions Christianity Summary and Tentative Conclusions
C. Quo vadis, homo?-- ENTROPY
VERSUS EVOLUTION
22.Structural
Shifts in Society Emergence
of Elites A
Cosmopolitan Community Lifestyle Elitism 23.The
Ideology of Western Elites New
Civic Religion Ideological Individualism Rights
without Obligations Doctrinaire
Relativism The
Social Contract Evaluation Polarization Unequal
Opportunities No
Social Contract Societies
do exist Norms
are the essence of law Man
as Zoon Politicon Summary Economic
Materialism Where
are the Customers? Islands
of Affluence Global
Levelling of Wages The
Superfluous People Evaluation Biomaterialism Bioethics Regulation
of Numbers Sex
yes, progeny no Regulation
of Quality Taming
the savages Eugenics Euthanasia Ecology Summary Taking
Over US Foreign Policy Taking
Over the UN The
Method: Rights The
Way: International Bureaucracy Private
Organizations Results Evaluation 25.Ahead!
in the Wrong Direction Life Man Application
of the Elitist Theory Future
Generations Decide their Destiny Meaningful or Meaningless
D. Practical Conclusions from
Political Theory n
CASE STUDY: U.S.A.
26.Nascent
Global Civilization State Nation Economy Foreign
Policy and International Relations Political
System The
State Differentiation Integration Nation Economy Foreign
policy and International relations Political
System
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