"The cyclical theory refers to a model used by historian Arthur Schlesinger to attempt to explicate ( 8 -22 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ) the fluctuations in politics throughout American History. Liberalism and conservatism are rooted in the “national mood” that shows a continuing shift in national involvement between public purpose and private interest. Each of these cycles includes a phase of dominant public interest, a transition phase, and a phase of prevalent private interest." , [[[ sort The Political Pendulum Swings - 80 year cycles? http://brain-and-mind.blogspot.com/2012... [ 8 -12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program... Conversations with Great Minds with Neil Howe, Pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch... ] ]]] , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... 11 -30 -13 [[[[[[ 64 84 04 24 44 [ 4 score - Thomas Page

Negotiation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... of the social contract http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... through a political process http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ? Political Philosophy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... vs Political Science http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ? 8 -1 http://friendfeed.com/citizen... - Thomas Page

Over the last twenty years, the Republicans often controlled all three branches of government. During that time the dems never controlled more than two branches -- and that for only four years, total. True, the dems did a lot in those short intervals and their record is a legitimate topic. http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

Accountability ... [[ 12 -18 -13 sort 1929 _ 1985 , 87, 2007 history capitalism trends ? [[[[[[ 8 -1 sort From the bestselling author of Nixonland: a dazzling portrait of America on the verge of a nervous breakdown in the tumultuous political and economic times of the 1970s. In January of 1973 Richard Nixon announced the end of the Vietnam War and prepared for a triumphant second term—until televised Watergate hearings revealed his White House as little better than a mafia den. The next president declared upon Nixon’s resignation “our long national nightmare is over”—but then congressional investigators exposed the CIA for assassinating foreign leaders. The collapse of the South Vietnamese government rendered moot the sacrifice of some 58,000 American lives. The economy was in tatters. And as Americans began thinking about their nation in a new way—as one more nation among nations, no more providential than any other—the pundits declared that from now on successful politicians would be the ones who honored this chastened new national mood. Ronald Reagan never got the message. Which was why, when he announced his intention to challenge President Ford for the 1976 Republican nomination, those same pundits dismissed him—until, amazingly, it started to look like he just might win. He was inventing the new conservative political culture we know now, in which a vision of patriotism rooted in a sense of American limits was derailed in America’s Bicentennial year by the rise of the smiling politician from Hollywood. Against a backdrop of melodramas from the Arab oil embargo to Patty Hearst to the near-bankruptcy of America’s greatest city, The Invisible Bridge asks the question: what does it mean to believe in America? To wave a flag—or to reject the glibness of the flag wavers? http://www.newrepublic.com/article... - Thomas Page

http://thenextdeal.org/ Revising the US Social Contract for the 21st Century , ? 8 -12 sort http://post.queensu.ca/~lister... - Thomas Page

Shifts are produced by changes in the mood of the majority. When more and more people shift from one end of the “balance” to the other, the balance itself begins to tilt to the other side. However, the change in mood must be reflected in a diversity of ethnic backgrounds and social classes to take effect. The cycle is not a permanent transition. Periods of stability in each stage of the cycle (public purpose/private interest), Schlesinger presents the concept the “accumulation of change”. He stated that when certain changes near the end of a phase take effect, they become permanent, and are unaffected by later “swings of the pendulum”. Therefore, the proper way to model the cycles of American History is by using a spiral, or single helix. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

11 -17 historian Arthur Schlesinger ? [ 11 -29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

http://www.slate.com/article... ? - Thomas Page

http://friendfeed.com/citizen... [ a continuing shift in national between public purpose and private interest [[ Thomas_Piketty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ? - Thomas Page

Lack of Accountability for performance? - Thomas Page

BDIs , Systems that work in spite of _ ? 11 -17 sort Golden_Age http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page