TY - JOUR
AU - Hathaway, Frank R.
AB - POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY. [Vol . VI. the state will corrupt the government, or the government will by coer ­ cion remould the social institutions Profes . sor Miaskowski pushes the thought furth er than Liebe r did, however, and works it out in a more modern way, by asking the furthe ques r tions : whether the class interest s and class differences that grow up independent of ly state action bear any ascertainabl relation e to political constitutio ; ns whether private propert on y the one hand, or collective propert on y the other intensi , fies class struggles ; and what is the influence of a collective ownership of land upon culture. His discussion of these questions is interesting and his conclusions contain litt le to strengt socialis hen tic argument s. Only when class interest are s in equilibrium is the politica l constitution secure ; but socialism can no more abolish class distinctions or insur e an equilibrium of interest than s can private propert and y inheritance. As for culture, there is no warrant in history or observe d fact for expecting a development of its higher forms in a community whose social 
TI - Studies in Statistics: Social, Political and Medical, by George Blundell Longstaff
JO - Political Science Quarterly
DO - 10.2307/2139216
DA - 1891-12-15
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SP - 744
EP - 745
VL - 6
IS - 4
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