Harold F Gosnell
Biographic Data
| ID | 147339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harold F Gosnell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harold F |
| FAMILY NAME | Gosnell |
| SIGNATURE | GOSNELL H F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 74 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 122 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 74 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1923 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Frederick L. Schuman: The Chicago Years
Harry S Truman and the Burden of Modernity
Truman's Crises: A Political Biography of Harry S. Truman
Journal Article Truman's Crises: A Political Biography of Harry S. Truman. By Harold F. Gosnell. (Westport: Greenwood, 1980. xv + 656 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $35.00.) Get access Athan Theoharis Athan Theoharis Marquette University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 67, Issue 3, December 1980, Pages 732–733, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889957 Pu…
A House for All Peoples: Ethnic Politics in Chicago, 1890-1936. John M. Allswang
The Chicago School of Politics in the 20's and 30's
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The Negro as Voter and Officeholder
How the Electors Voted
Journal Article How the Electors Voted Get access H. F. GOSNELL H. F. GOSNELL Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume VIII, Issue 1, 1954, Pages 36–50, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a053027 Published: 01 January 1954
An Interpretation of the Philippine Election of 1953
Conditions for the successful operation of the democratic form of government have not been present in the Orient. Democracy requires a people who have confidence in themselves, in their leaders, and in the democratic processes, and who have the means for operating democratic institutions. Included in the tools that make democracy work are literacy, a willingness to abide by the rules of the game, and a rapid means of communication and transportat…
Champion Campaigner: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Journal Article Champion Campaigner: Franklin D. Roosevelt. By Harold F. Gosnell. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. viii + 235 pp. Appendix and index. $3.50.) Get access Arthur S. Link Arthur S. Link Northwestern University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 40, Issue 1, June 1953, Pages 168–169, https://doi.org/10.2307/1897592 Published: 01 June 1953
Participation in the Forthcoming Election
R ECENT surveys show that the highest participation in voting is to be found among the well-to-do, the business executives, the best educated, the professional people, men; the low-est participation is to be found among the women, the young people, laboring people, people with only grade education, Negroes, and those in the lowest economic levels.1 In the last thirty years the general pattern of electoral participation has not changed much.2 Ther…
Does Campaigning Make a Difference
RECENT findings of social scientists to the effect that political campaigning affects only a limited number of votes have sometimes been interpreted to mean that campaining is unnecessary. Examination of the ten elections in which Franklin D. Roosevelt was a candidate, however, throws considerable doubt on this thesis. It is true that in some cases the candidate who is sure of victory need not campaign, but his opponent must still do so if he is …
Democracy-The Threshold of Freedom
Political Theory and Miscellaneous
Public Opinion Research in Government
The actual use of polling techniques by the federal government falls far short of what one eminent social scientist, Julian L. Woodward, foresees for the future. He says: "Sooner or later, the government itself will have to go into the polling field and provide both its administrators and its legislators with adequate and sound information on what the public thinks. Eventually this sort of information will become as necessary as census data and w…
Democracy, The Threshold of Freedom
Mobilizing the Electorate
Economic Aspects of a President's Popularity . Wesley C. Clark
Symbols of National Solidarity
S YMBOLS of national solidarity, whether verbal r nonverbal, are those representations consisting of sounds, marks, objects, or expressions which produce feelings of loyalty to the nation state. In the name of the sacred symbols the individual citizen may be called upon to sacrifice his time, his goods, his comforts, his life. The symbols, key words, phrases, tunes, or objects chosen to persuade men to buy war bonds, to give up peacetime enjoymen…
The Negro in Congress, 1870-1901. Samuel Denny Smith
A Critique of Polling Methods
Journal Article A CRITIQUE OF POLLING METHODS Get access HAROLD F. GOSNELL, HAROLD F. GOSNELL Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar SEBASTIAN DE GRAZIA SEBASTIAN DE GRAZIA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 3, FALL 1942, Pages 378–390, https://doi.org/10.1086/265560 Published: 01 January 1942
The Middle Class in American Politics
Democracy or Anarchy? A Study of Proportional Representation
The United States Senate: What Kind of Body?Henry Lee Myers
Public Plunder: A History of Graft in America. David Loth
Progressive Politics: Wisconsin an Example
An examination of the relationship of the Democratic percentages in the various states to the Democratic percentage for the nation as a whole during the past forty years shows that several general patterns are discernible. In the north central and northwestern parts of the United States, one of these patterns may be clearly defined. When the country swings in one direction, the states in this region swing with it, but more strongly than the count…
Machine Politics: Chicago Model
Political Trends in Industrial America: Pennsylvania an Example
This article correlates political trends in Pennsylvania since 1928 with economic and social factors to show the ebb and flow of Democratic strength among various elements of the population. Dr. Gosnell is a political scientist at the University of Chicago. Mr. Colman is now with the Missouri Social Security Administration
An Analysis of the 1932 Presidential Vote in Chicago
In many ways, the city of Chicago is typical of the United States as a whole in the twentieth century. It is a cross-section of the mixture of races, religions, sects, linguistic groups, and economic classes that go to make up modern America. In the past two decades, the political behavior of the citizens of Chicago in national elections has been similar to that of the entire American electorate. Except for the election of 1916, when Hughes carri…
An Experiment in the Stimulation of Voting
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British Royal Commissions of Inquiry
The Political Party versus the Political Machine
of the forty million voters in the United States at the many elections in which they participate involves careful organization and planning. Political parties are needed to educate the voters regarding the issues and the candidates and to induce them to perform their duties as citizens upon registration and election days. These parties must have a well-trained body of rank-and-file troops, persons who are willing to perform the routine tasks so n…
Statisticians and Political Scientists
In his classic book, Human Nature in Politics, published in 1908, Graham Wallas said: "We must aim at finding as many relevant and measurable facts about human nature as possible, and we must attempt to make all of them serviceable in political reasoning." While the point of view which Wallas expressed at that time has by no means been universally accepted, and is today challenged by men like Charles A. Beard, certain steps have been taken toward…
The Polls and Other Mechanisms of Democracy
The author, political scientist at the University of Chicago, compares public opinion polls with other democratic instrumentalities, such as the initiative, referendum, recall, legislative hearing and commission of inquiry
How Accurate Were the Polls
Journal Article TECHNICAL RESEARCH: HOW ACCURATE WERE THE POLLS? Get access HAROLD F. GOSNELL HAROLD F. GOSNELL Editor University of Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 1, January 1937, Pages 97–105, https://doi.org/10.1086/265040 Published: 01 January 1937
Professional Associations
Popular Participation in Swiss National Council Elections
It is difficult to compare popular participation in Swiss elections with that of any other democratic country in Europe. The smallness of the country, the rugged nature of the land, the diversity of languages, the strength of the traditions of local self-government, the variety of political institutions, and the multiplicity of elections make Switzerland a unique place for political experiments. The composition of the Swiss electorate is very sim…
Non-Naturalization: A Study in Political Assimilation
The economic, social, and political advantages of citizenship are so closely interrelated that it is difficult to isolate them for purposes of analysis. A survey of 200 typical industrial concerns in 1924 showed that a few large concerns have a definite policy concerning the citizenship status of their employees. Declarants are given preference in seeking employment and special privileges are given to citizens. A survey of 1,400 foreign-born pers…
An Irish Free State Senate Election
In the fall of 1925 a unique electoral experiment was carried out in the Irish Free State. Nineteen senators were elected according to a system which presents a peculiar combination of electoral features. The aim of the framers of the Free State constitution was to provide a second chamber composed of men of experience and recognized ability. To this end they devised the following system: (1) the entire nation was to serve as a single electoral c…
Characteristics of the Non-Naturalized
More than 7,000,000 of the foreign-born in 1920 were unnaturalized. The preponderance of aliens from southeastern Europe still unnaturalized is explained by their more recent arrival. In Chicago the great bulk of the non-declarants are women. Another factor affecting naturalization is occupational status, the skilled and professional calss being more interested in citizenship. Marital status is also important. The immigrant feels himself a part o…
Some Practical Applications of Psychology in Government
Psychological tests and methods have proved useful in solving some concrete problems arising in the courts, in the state institutions, in the army, in the civil service, and in the schools. These governmental agencies can use to good effect the general intelligence tests in classifying persons brought to them, and they can use some of the specialized tests that have been worked out for particular purposes. The perfection of tests of emotional, vo…
Does Campaigning Make a Difference
RECENT findings of social scientists to the effect that political campaigning affects only a limited number of votes have sometimes been interpreted to mean that campaining is unnecessary. Examination of the ten elections in which Franklin D. Roosevelt was a candidate, however, throws considerable doubt on this thesis. It is true that in some cases the candidate who is sure of victory need not campaign, but his opponent must still do so if he is …
A Critique of Polling Methods
Journal Article A CRITIQUE OF POLLING METHODS Get access HAROLD F. GOSNELL, HAROLD F. GOSNELL Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar SEBASTIAN DE GRAZIA SEBASTIAN DE GRAZIA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 3, FALL 1942, Pages 378–390, https://doi.org/10.1086/265560 Published: 01 January 1942
The Middle Class in American Politics
A List System with Single Candidate Preference
This article is not intended as a criticism of the objectives of proportional representation. The election of the New York City council in 1937 and the seven Cincinnati council elections under the Hare system of proportional representation have undoubtedly resulted in the improvement of the caliber of the legislative bodies in those cities. The aim of this article is to suggest certain rules which may secure some of the advantages of the Hare sys…
Political Meetings in the Chicago “Black Belt
Political meetings constitute one of the means employed by the Negro political leaders in Chicago to develop and maintain party morale. The Republican rallies in the second and third wards are unique affairs, not to be duplicated in other parts of the city. The political meetings have taken over some of the patterns of religious revivals or camp meetings. A party gathering which is not packed and which does not stir up an emotional response is lo…
An Interpretation of the Philippine Election of 1953
Conditions for the successful operation of the democratic form of government have not been present in the Orient. Democracy requires a people who have confidence in themselves, in their leaders, and in the democratic processes, and who have the means for operating democratic institutions. Included in the tools that make democracy work are literacy, a willingness to abide by the rules of the game, and a rapid means of communication and transportat…
Participation in the Forthcoming Election
R ECENT surveys show that the highest participation in voting is to be found among the well-to-do, the business executives, the best educated, the professional people, men; the low-est participation is to be found among the women, the young people, laboring people, people with only grade education, Negroes, and those in the lowest economic levels.1 In the last thirty years the general pattern of electoral participation has not changed much.2 Ther…
Public Opinion Research in Government
The actual use of polling techniques by the federal government falls far short of what one eminent social scientist, Julian L. Woodward, foresees for the future. He says: "Sooner or later, the government itself will have to go into the polling field and provide both its administrators and its legislators with adequate and sound information on what the public thinks. Eventually this sort of information will become as necessary as census data and w…
Mobilizing the Electorate
The Study of Voting Behavior by Correlational Techniques
PUBLIC opinion as reflected in the election returns may be studied in several ways. Some statistical studies of voting behavior have relied upon data from official sources and others upon the collection of original data. Data from official sources may refer to certain geographical units or to individual persons. Since the secrecy of the ballot requires that all election returns in the United States be reported by territorial units rather than by …
Thomas C. Platt—Political Manager
Some Practical Applications of Psychology in Government
Psychological tests and methods have proved useful in solving some concrete problems arising in the courts, in the state institutions, in the army, in the civil service, and in the schools. These governmental agencies can use to good effect the general intelligence tests in classifying persons brought to them, and they can use some of the specialized tests that have been worked out for particular purposes. The perfection of tests of emotional, vo…
The American Party System: Past and Present
The American Party System: Past and Present Get access Harold F. Gosnell Harold F. Gosnell Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 3, Issue 4, May 1925, Pages 782–785, https://doi.org/10.2307/3005106 Published: 01 May 1925
The Political Party as a Social Process.Viva Belle Boothe
A Parliamentary By-election in Paris
The final results of a hotly contested by-election in Paris were given out on Sunday evening, March 28. Two communist deputies were elected to the Chamber to replace two conservatives by the narrow margin of 1,500 votes in a constituency which contained nearly 200,000 registered electors. This election is important not only because of the wide comment which it caused but also because it illustrates many of the working forces in present-day French…
An Experiment in the Stimulation of Voting
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An Irish Free State Senate Election
In the fall of 1925 a unique electoral experiment was carried out in the Irish Free State. Nineteen senators were elected according to a system which presents a peculiar combination of electoral features. The aim of the framers of the Free State constitution was to provide a second chamber composed of men of experience and recognized ability. To this end they devised the following system: (1) the entire nation was to serve as a single electoral c…
The German Referendum on the Princes' Property
On June 20, 1926, for the first time in history, a large nation made a trial of direct democracy. On that day the German electors were summoned to the polls to pass judgment upon the question of the expropriation of the property of the ex-rulers. The measure voted upon was worded in an extreme fashion, as the leaders of the Left, who framed it, felt that it was necessary to obtain a clear answer to the exorbitant demands made by the fallen dynast…
Non-Naturalization: A Study in Political Assimilation
The economic, social, and political advantages of citizenship are so closely interrelated that it is difficult to isolate them for purposes of analysis. A survey of 200 typical industrial concerns in 1924 showed that a few large concerns have a definite policy concerning the citizenship status of their employees. Declarants are given preference in seeking employment and special privileges are given to citizens. A survey of 1,400 foreign-born pers…
Characteristics of the Non-Naturalized
More than 7,000,000 of the foreign-born in 1920 were unnaturalized. The preponderance of aliens from southeastern Europe still unnaturalized is explained by their more recent arrival. In Chicago the great bulk of the non-declarants are women. Another factor affecting naturalization is occupational status, the skilled and professional calss being more interested in citizenship. Marital status is also important. The immigrant feels himself a part o…
Legislative Principles: A History and Theory of Lawmaking by Representative Government . Robert Luce
Popular Participation in Swiss National Council Elections
It is difficult to compare popular participation in Swiss elections with that of any other democratic country in Europe. The smallness of the country, the rugged nature of the land, the diversity of languages, the strength of the traditions of local self-government, the variety of political institutions, and the multiplicity of elections make Switzerland a unique place for political experiments. The composition of the Swiss electorate is very sim…
England, the Unknown Isle. Paul Cohen-Portheim
Political Behavior
Journal Article Political Behavior Get access Leland Hamilton Jenks Leland Hamilton Jenks Wellesley College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 10, Issue 1, October 1931, Pages 132–134, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/10.1.132 Published: 01 October 1931
The Swiss National Council Elections of 1931
On October 24 and 25, 1931, the Swiss voters selected the members of their National Council for the next four years. The election was of unusual importance because the world-wide depression has created an economic crisis in Switzerland. Unemployment has been increasing, banks have been failing, and the national government has been piling up a deficit. A flood of candidates were in the field for the 187 seats now in the National Council (11 less t…
Crowded Years; The Reminiscences of William G. McAdoo. (Boston: (Houghton Mifflin Company. 1931. Pp. xii, 542.)
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Identification and Analysis of Attribute-Cluster-Blocs: A Technique for Use in the Investigation of Behavior in Governance Including Report on Identification and Analysis of Blocs in a Large Non-Parti…
The Negro in American National Politics. William F. Nowlin
Race, Class and Party: A History of Negro Suffrage and White Politics in the South.Paul Lewinson
A Collection of Nationality Laws of Various Countries as Contained in Constitutions, Statutes and Treaties. Richard W. Flournoy, Jr. , Manley O. Hudson
The Political Party versus the Political Machine
of the forty million voters in the United States at the many elections in which they participate involves careful organization and planning. Political parties are needed to educate the voters regarding the issues and the candidates and to induce them to perform their duties as citizens upon registration and election days. These parties must have a well-trained body of rank-and-file troops, persons who are willing to perform the routine tasks so n…
Straw Votes: A Study of Political Prediction. Claude E. Robinson
Statisticians and Political Scientists
In his classic book, Human Nature in Politics, published in 1908, Graham Wallas said: "We must aim at finding as many relevant and measurable facts about human nature as possible, and we must attempt to make all of them serviceable in political reasoning." While the point of view which Wallas expressed at that time has by no means been universally accepted, and is today challenged by men like Charles A. Beard, certain steps have been taken toward…
The Chicago 'Black Belt' as a Political Battleground
The political significance of the Negro in Chicago is shown by the fact that one in every twelve of the adult citizens in a Negro. Making allowance for the factor of mobility, the Negroes in Chicago have shown a higher participation in elections than have the whites. Although many come to the city without electoral experience, their political education procedures rapidly. One of the badges of their changed status in the North is the ballot box. N…
The New Party Politics. A. N. Holcombe
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