Association, a universal fact, 22–23, 34, 151, 181; distinctive traits of human, 24; revolt against, 88, 98–100; economic, 105–07; and democracy, 143; rigid and flexible, 148; distinguished from community, 151–53; domination of isolated, 194; territorial and functional, 212–13. See _Community_, _Groups_, _Society_ Attachment, a political need, 140, 214 Ayers, C. E., 59 n. Bentham, J., 54 n. Biological, and social, 11–12, 152, 195 Business, rival to political interest, 138; political control by, 182. See _Economic Forces_ Carlyle, T., 102, 110 Causal forces, and state, 9, 17–21, 25, 36, 37, 47, 53, 65, 66; versus the causal order, 201–02 Child Labor Amendment, 121 Common Interest, nature of, 17, 34–35. See _Consequences, Public_ Communication, a public function, 60, 208; social necessity of, 152, 217–19; necessary to knowledge, 176–79; an art, 182–84. See _Symbols_ Community, 38; and society, 98, 157; conditioning wants, 105–06; and communication, 152–54; importance of local, 211–19. See _Great Society_ Comparative Method, 47 Conjoint Behavior, see _Association_ Conscience, private, origin of, 49–50 Consequences, importance of for politics, 12–13, 15, 17, 24–25, 27, 32, 39, 43, 47, 65, 126, 156, 197; effect of expansion, 47–57; and rules of law, 56; effect of enduring, 57–62; effect of irreparable, 62–64; relation to state and government, 66–69; to antithesis of individual and social, 193 Control, political, 12, 16; of human nature, 197–99 Cooley, C. H., 97 n. Corporations, illustration of relation of individual and social, 190 Democracy, political, 77; significance of, 83; historic genesis, 83–87; alleged unity, 83; pure, 94; and “individualism”, 86–96; inchoate, 109; pessimism about, 110; American, 111–15; as a moral idea, 143–44; machinery of political, 143–46; nature of ideal, 147–51; and experts, 203–08; and local community, 212 Descartes, R., 88 De Tocqueville, 20 Direct Action, 31 Dissemination, and social knowledge, 176–77; physical means of, 179; and art, 182–84. See _Communication_ Dynastic States, 89 Economic Determinism, 118–89, 155–56 Economic Forces and Politics, 89–93, 98, 100, 103–07, 114, 118–20, 129–31, 141–42, 144, 155, 175, 182 Education, and social control, 197–99; and absolutistic method, 200; and political democracy, 206–08 Electoral College, 111 Emerson, R. W., 217 Equality, nature of, 149–50 Experimental Method, in politics, 194–202; defined, 203 Experts, importance of, 123–25, 136–37; and democracy, 203–04 Factions, 119 Facts, and meanings, 3; physical and social, 6–7, 11–12; and theories, 17 Farmers, condition of, 129–30 Gerontocracy, 78