The Best Form of Government
A Perspective on the Continuity of Political Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6400633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James V Schall (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 97-123 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500026462 |
| OpenAlex | W2032708055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
During the past half-century or so, the world has seen the formation of some one hundred new nation-states, while many of the other fifty-odd political entities have radically altered their previous form of constitution by force, revolution, conquest, election, or change of political philosophy. This has given renewed life to the classical issue about what is the best form of rule under which men ought to live. Political modernization has become a crucial aspect of political science. The external form of almost all these new nation-states, to be sure, even of the most absolute, has almost invariably been some legal variety of “constitutional democracy,” the wording commonly given in modern times to the structure of the best state
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 1994 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |