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This is a mind map about the book POLITICS FOR BETTER OR WORSE by ALFRED De GRAZIA 
 
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POLITICS FOR BETTER OR WORSE
  THE GOOD OF POLITICS
 >>Note: Where the Reader sees that to Achieve a Good Society we need Good Activists with Know-How
  POLITICAL PERSONALITY
 >>Note: In which the Author goes in Search of the Personality that can run a Good Government and Finds it in Something called Benevolent and Polyvalent, said Type being Preferred to Rigid and Hostile Types and Encouraged to Flourish in all the Institutional Recesses of Ye Olde Societie
  CIVIC ACTIVITY
 >>Note: Wherein the Reader is Made to Feel that Nobody but Oneself is Watching the State of Affairs of State, and that We must Hustle Institutions to Bring their Members Willy-nilly into Political Life.
  LEADERSHIP
 >>Note: How the Movers and Shakers are Imbedded in their Groups and can be Understood by Psyching Said Groups, which gives Some Ideas on how Everybody can Be a Leader.
  PUBLIC OPINION
 >>Note: Insofar as the Troubles People Feel are Said to be mostly Personal and the Troubles of Government are Misunderstood as Belonging to somebody Else, it is No Surprise to see Indignant Ignoramuses often Taking Charge of Affairs.
  VICIOUS DISCRIMINATION
 >>Note: The Reader is now Led to Believe that Societies historically have been Hotbeds of Prejudice (which is True) and Worse, that Women, Blacks, Youth, and Most of Us, in fact, are Made to Look like Asses so as to Make a Few People feel Great.
  SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT
 >>Note: Why, from Ancient Greece to Modern America, it Appears True that Human Relations lend their Color to Political Relations, and Hence that to Control the Latter We must Attend to the Former.
  GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES
 >>Note: Investigating All Manner of Behavior, Nice and Un-nice, the Author Begs his Readers to Consider that Governments have Done Everything in Times Past, Alas, and should be Curtailed by Divers and Clever Contrivances.
  GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES
 >>Note: Where it is shown How Groups acquire Structures, which Structures then Bind Said Groups, and Wherefor it is Necessary to Provide Kalotic Bonds and also Means of Unbinding Groups that are Uptight and Unobliging.
  WEALTH AND LIFE STYLE
 >>Note: Examining the Vaunted Progress of Material Life in Rich Countries, the Author is Impelled to Warn his Readers that they are Worse Off than they Think, for Sundry Reasons having to do with Mismanagement of Production, Concentration of Wealth, and Bizarre Taxation, and he Begs them to Adopt a Universal Credit Scheme, a Single Tax, and other Attractive Proposals.
  LAW AND JUSTICE
 >>Note: Why the Process of Justice is Defective Six Ways is Irritably Explained, Whereupon a Radical Reorganization of the Legal System, including a Virtual Juridicature, is Outrightly Recommended.
  OBEDIENCE AND THE STATE
 >>Note: How Obedience need not be Abused, and Chauvinism can be Tamed, and Wherein Mao was Right and Wrong, and Whence will come Relief from Oppression by Nuclear Weaponry.
  HISTORY OF THE FUTURE
 >>Note: Inasmuch as New Movements in Politics that are Worthy must Rewrite History, the Author takes the First Step by Offering a Concise History of the United States of America, Located when Last Seen in Western Hemisphere, Planet Earth, and in the Hearts of his Countrymen.
  POLITICS FOR THE BETTER
 >>Note: Chapter in which, Despite the Pandemonium of the Present, the Author Foresees An Acceptable World Acoming, and with These Blessed Tidings, Bids his Readers Adieu.
  INTRODUCTION: Where it is Explained Why the Author, of all People, should Write such a Book
 >>Note: Where it is Explained Why the Author, of all People, should Write such a Book.
  POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THREE LESSONS
 >>Note: The Amazing Complexity of Politics notwithslanding, the gentle Reader is Seduced into Imagining that three Pleasant Exercises will give to One adequate Mental Muscle
  Lesson #1: CLASSIC COMIC STRIPS
  Lesson #2: A MODEL OF POWER
  Lesson #3: ORGANIZED AND DlSORGANIZED POWER
 POLITICS FOR BETTER OR WORSE by ALFRED De GRAZIA
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 Lesson Number 1: CLASSIC COMIC STRIPS
  Authority and Wants
  Subjection
  Elite
  Myth and Alienation
  Revolutionary Ideology
  Recruitment ant Apathy
  Noncommunication
  Confrontation
  Organized Partisanhip
  A Constitutional Formula
  Revolt of the Masses
  Formal vs. Real Change
  Iron Law Of Oligarchy
  Passive Resistance
  Stale Formulas
  Eco-Political Development
  Bureaucratic Oppression
  Planning
  Shift in Ruling Formula
  Prosperity and education
  The New Rebels
 POLITICS FOR BETTER OR WORSE by ALFRED De GRAZIA
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 Lesson Number 2: A MODEL OF POWER
  The Span Of Influence
  Power conversions
  Power Resources
  Forms of Conversion
  Power Conversion Skills
  Special Conversion Skills
  The propositions of Payoff Preference
  Where We Are and Where We're Going
  Power As Type Of Influence
  Categorizing Payoffs
  Combinig Payoffs
  Scoring Payoffs
  The Payoff Power
  to assimilate
  to experience
  to adjust
 POLITICS FOR BETTER OR WORSE
 
 by ALFRED De GRAZIA
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 Lesson Number 3: ORGANIZED AND DlSORGANIZED POWER
  Extension of The Power Model
  Parameters Power
  Limits of Power
  The Organization of Power
  Authority
 POLITICS FOR BETTER OR WORSE
 by ALFRED De GRAZIA