Part I. English government and politics : The panorama of english constitutional development -- The modern constitution and its basic principles -- The crown-kingship and why it survives -- Privy council, ministry and cabinet -- The cabinet in action -- National administration-agencies and functions -- The permanent civil service -- Nationalization and the welfare state -- Popular representation in the house of commons -- The house of lords and the problem of a second chamber -- Parliamentary machinery and pageantry -- Parliament at work-law-making -- Parliament at work-Finance -- Political parties-past and present -- Political parties-past and present -- Party organization and techniques -- Law and justice -- Local government and administration -- United Kingdom and commonwealth of nations -- The government of a commonwealth country-Canada -- Part II. Governments of western and central continental Europe : France : Constitutional government in evolution, 1789-1875 -- The government of the third republic-parlia-mentary -- The government of the third republic-executive and administrative -- From third republic to fourth -- The fourth republic-constitution and government -- French experience with political parties -- Law and justice -- Local government and administration -- Germany : From empire to weimar republic -- The government of the weimar republic-parlia-mentary -- The government of the weimar republic-executive and administrative -- From third republic to fourth -- The fourth republic-constitution and government -- French experience with political parties -- Law and justice -- Local government and administration -- Germany : From empire to weimar republic -- The government of the weimar republic-parliamentary -- The government of the weimar republic-executive and administrative -- The rise and character of the national socialist party -- The nazi regime and its aftermath -- Germany under occupation -- The postwar government of Germany -- Scandinavia : The governments of norway and sweden -- Part III. Government in Eastern Europe-The Soviet Union : The rise of the Soviet regime -- The communist party -- The constitutional system -- Governmental organs and processes -- The role of the state in the soviet regime -- Regional and local government -- Part IV. Latin American and Far Eastern governemnts : The government of argentina -- Government in Japan to 1945 -- The new Japanese government

1. Europe -- Politics and government
2. Political science