6..0 Benjamin Franklin: the Charismatic Privatist Fixer-Upper Benjamin Franklin strikes me as a John the Baptist-type figure. Like the Baptist, Franklin paved the way for
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4.55 the Charter of Privileges: Pennsylvania’s First Policy System Starts its Distinctive Path of Political/Policy Development
To put some perspective on Penn’s Frame of Government, his personal compact with the First Purchasers was based on what E. Digby Baltzell calls “the
Preface to Pennsylvania and Segue Way from Virginia: Gee Whiz, they are different from the start
First Draft Only Why are States and Cities Different from Each Other? That is “The Question” which this history seeks to answer. This book begins at
4.6 the Philadelphia Municipal Corporation: Assessors, Separately Elected Functions: Laying the Foundation for Warner’s Privatism
Penn gave little particular thought to Pennsylvania’s governance–other than to copy the English sub-state political institutions/structures on paper into his Frame of Governance. After all
4.7 Assembly Bypasses Proprietor Sub-State Policy System: the Pennsylvania County and Township: Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Let’s start out with some contemporary Pennsylvania statistics on sub-state governments, generously provided to us by the the 2017 Census of Governments. Pennsylvania presently enjoys
4.8 Provincial Politics: How Quaker Culture Facilitated Legislative Quaker Party versus Proprietary Branch War; Formation of a Sort of, Kind Of Two Branches Competitive Policy System with Quaker Party as Political Party-Machine
Provincial-colonial initial political structures and evolving relationships among levels of government are profoundly affected and shaped by the infusion of political culture into politics, policy-making,
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