THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS 



Primary Elections. By C. Edward Merriam, Associate Professor 

 oj Political Science in the University of Chicago. 



300 pages, i2mo, cloth; net $1.25, postpaid $1.35 



The purpose of this volume is to trace the development of 

 the legal regulation of party primaries from 1866 down to 1908, 

 to sum up the general tendencies evident in this movement, to 

 discuss some of the disputed points in the primary problem, and 

 to state certain conclusions in regard to our nominating machinery. 

 The material employed has been the session laws of the states, 

 the decisions of the courts, publications dealing with the theory 

 or practice of the primary system, newspapers and periodicals, 

 extensive correspondence and interviews with persons who had 

 had special opportunities for judging the primary laws in the 

 different states, and, finally, personal observation of the primary 

 election process in several states. The subject is one of wide 

 interest, and no adequate presentation of it has previously been 

 made. Professor Merriam has shown himself thoroughly equal 

 to the task, and the book will undoubtedly take its place at once 

 as a standard authority. 



The Process oj Government • A Study of Social Pressures. By 

 A rthur F. Bentley. 



432 pages, 8vo, cloth; net $3 . 00, postpaid $3 . 20 



This book is a technical study of the methods which must be 

 used in the scientific interpretation of the phenomena of govern- 

 ment The author holds that the manner in which ideas and 

 belieis are made to do service in most present interpretations is 

 artinaal and unsatisfactory. It may safely be said that no such 

 detailed attempt to grapple with the intricacies of public opinion 

 on a strictly social basis has hitherto been made 



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Sociology. This is a real book. It is more genuine 

 ventions TtT ^ \™? T*l attentive to th e minor literary con- 

 Ire he condition nT * " '*!? fi J St plaCe aU the qualifications which 

 oFour foremt? In ° f T g ^ degree ° f doctor of Philosophy in one 



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attention by the academic folk because he is not of their <mild 



