The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Audio Archive Government and Politics Program 23: Is Wisdom Enough Today? Two Faces of Federalism Robert M. Hutchins and political economist Andrew Schonfield, of Chatham House, London, discuss the idea of reforming American legislative election... Program 42: Government by Governance Philip Selznick, of the University of California at Berkeley, discusses with the staff of the Center some of the difficulties... Program 47: The Elite and the Electorate Senator J. William Fulbright discusses whether democracy by the people is still possible in this analysis of the functions of... Program 50: The Bill of Rights and the Economic Republic Adolf A. Berle, Jr., noted attorney, economic philosopher, and former Assistant Secretary of State, discusses corporate power and the American... Program 53: The Role of Government in the Economy Economist Gunnar Myrdal, of the University of Stockholm, foresees increasing participation of the American government in the economy, especially where... Program 55: The Society of the Qualified Man Quintin Hogg, a.k.a. Viscount Hailsham, British Minister of Science, offers his views on politics and people, political parties, and democracy... Program 60: America: Liberal or Conservative? The Center's John Cogley observes that the unwillingness of the American people to decide in any final way whether they... Program 61: The Bill of Rights: Guarantor of Dissent Harry S. Ashmore argues that the real genius of the American system lies in the first ten Amendments to the... Program 75: No Lamb for Slaughter The Center's Frank K. Kelly discusses a broad range of topics with millionaire industrialist Edward Lamb, a director of the... Program 91: States' Abilities, Not States' Rights Former Florida governor LeRoy Collins suggests ways in which the powers of both federal and state government can be preserved... Program 92: The Marble-Cake of Government Former Minnesota governor Orville Freeman sheds light on three commonly-held myths: that much of federal spending from taxes is... Program 93: The Legislator's Eighteen-Hour Day Senator Hubert H. Humphrey speaks out on the difficulties and frustrations facing the overburdened legislator and makes several specific proposals... Program 94: The Myth of the Pure Administrator Vice-Admiral Hyman G. Rickover of the United States Navy suggests that we cannot solve the problems of bureaucracy until... Program 95: Bureaucracy Is Not Muddling Through Newton Minow, former FCC chairman, argues that the failure to adapt our institutions to ever more rapid change forces the... Program 100: New Utopias: Looking Backward or Brave New World? The Center's Michael Harrington and W. H. Ferry are joined by Frank Keegan, of Georgetown University, for a discussion about... Program 118: Beyond the Smoke-Filled Rooms Rexford G. Tugwell, in an interview with the Center's Frank K. Kelly, examines the sort of political judgment exhibited by... Program 122: Res Publica (The Public Thing) Scott Buchanan suggests that Americans are not yet fulfilling the role of public citizens that the Constitution envisioned for them... Program 125: Reapportioning the States Robert M. Hutchins leads a Center staff discussion on the landmark Supreme Court decision in Gray v. Sanders, which stirred... Program 197: Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism Michael Harrington attempts a redefinition of the terms 'capitalism,' 'socialism,' and 'communism,' since these words have served political ends for... Program 264: The U.S. Constitution or Self-Determination for Negroes? Excerpts of a discussion on whether the Constitution needs to be revised to better protect minority groups, or whether African... Program 415: Technology and Politics An examination of whether the concept of politics as found in Machiavelli and Hobbes has become obsolete in the face... Program 484: Electoral Reform: What Happens When Everyone Loses? A discussion of proposed reforms to the system of national elections in the wake of the 1968 presidential election, when... Program 524: Should Presidential Powers Be Extended or Limited? A debate on the question of whether the powers of the President are too limited to administer so powerful a... Program 525: Electoral Reform: The Road Back from Madison Avenue to James Madison The Center's Harry S. Ashmore speaks out on the need for the reform of the electoral process, with particular emphasis... Program 532: Capitalism: Socialism for the Rich? Economist Walter Adams, of Michigan State University, argues that the military-industrial complex is only an illustrative footnote to the... Program 542: What Can the Individual Do Against the Power of the State? A symposium on questions of the nature of dissent when laws run counter to the demands of liberty. Participants include... Program 599: Center Conversations: Clifton Fadiman Talks with Eugene McCarthy Poet, professor, and politician Eugene McCarthy discusses his personal credo of “contract and commitment,” politics as a profession, the function... Program 636: Senator Fulbright Views the National Interest Senator J. William Fulbright explains the weaknesses he sees in American foreign policy, decries the futility of the Cold War... Program 638: U.S. Primacy or a World Community Stanley Hoffman, of Harvard University, argues that U.S. foreign policy, with its focus on military primacy, is so disjointed and... Program 639: National Security and Internal Reform Richard J. Barnet, of the Institute for Policy Studies, claims that our national security would be better ensured through a... Program 658: Separation of Powers and Foreign Affairs Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. argues that the executive branch has increasingly usurped authority over foreign policy until the President... Program 659: Who Should Make Our Foreign Policy? A discussion of the imbalance between the power of the executive and legislative branches in making foreign policy, featuring Hubert... Program 662: The Human Factor in Government-Press Relations A panel discussion that examines the quality of the people chosen to execute our foreign policy and their relationship with... Program 693: The Ethics of Politics The Center's Donald McDonald interviews ethicist William Lee Miller, of Indiana University, about the changes in the ethical quality of... Program 721: Domestic Policies and U.S. Foreign Policy A panel discussion stressing the role of Congress in both the formulation and execution of U.S. foreign policy. Topics covered... Program 776: Controlling Our Intelligence Agencies Thomas Irwin Emerson, of Yale University, offers six basic principles that must be accomplished by any legislation attempting to bring... Program 777: The C.I.A. -- Accountability, Secrecy, and Freedom Stansfield Turner, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, defends the intelligence community from a barrage of criticism over recently-uncovered... Program 778: Drafting a Charter for the F.B.I. John Hotis, assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, admits that many of the excesses of the Bureau in... Program 779: Freedom and the Intelligence Function A panel discussion on protecting the individual from abuses of intelligence functions, with William E. Colby, Thomas Irwin Emerson, Morton... Program Topics Democracy and Freedom Dissent Education First Amendment Rights/Freedom of the Press Government and Politics Hutchins [Robert Maynard] and the History of CSDI Immigration International Issues Law and Order The Media Peace and War Race and Ethnicity Religion Science and Technology Social and Economic Issues CSDI Audio Archive Information The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI. 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