Herman Finer
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Herman Finer was a Bessarabia
n-born British
political scientist and Fabian
socialist
. He taught for many years at the University of Chicago. He was a brother of Samuel Finer
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Bessarabia
Bessarabia is a historical term for the geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west....
n-born British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
political scientist and Fabian
Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is a British socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World...
socialist
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
. He taught for many years at the University of Chicago. He was a brother of Samuel Finer
Samuel Finer
Professor Samuel Edward Finer was a political scientist and historian who was instrumental in advancing political studies as an academic subject in the United Kingdom, pioneering the study of UK political institutions...
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Literary works
- Foreign governments at work, 1921
- Theory and practice of modern government, 2 Vols., 1932
- Representative government and a parliamentParliamentA parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
, 1933 - English local government, 1933 (2nd ed. 1945, 3rd 1946)
- Mussolini's Italy, 1935
- British civil service, 1937
- The Delimination of the Part played by and an Analysis of the Effects of the Sense of ResponsibilityResponsibilityResponsibility may refer to:* Collective responsibility** Cabinet collective responsibility, a constitutional Convention in Governments using the Westminster System* Corporate responsibility** Corporate social responsibility...
in Social Life and in particular in the Economic Order. in: Le sens de la responsabilite dans la vie sociale. Other Authors Hanna Meuter, Cologne & John Atkinson Hobson. Institut de sociologie Solvay, Parc Léopold. - Brussels (1938 or 1939), Series: Enquêtes Sociologiques, Vol. 2. Université Libre de Bruxelles. -Finer: p. 151 - 250 (engl.), ib. in French p. 251 - 338 - Municipal trading, 1941
- International T.V.A., 1944
- Road to reaction. 1945
- Future of government, 1946
- America's destinyDestinyDestiny or fate refers to a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual...
, 1947