9. What effect has the merit plan had upon the spoils system?
10. Are party abuses declining or increasing?
11. Distinguish between the duty of party support in National and perhaps State elections, and the duty of such support in local elections.
12. Under what circumstances should an individual abandon his party?
13. To what extent is the individual responsible for party abuses?
REQUIRED READINGS
1. Williamson, Readings in American Democracy, chapter xxxiv.
Or all of the following:
2. Bryce, Modern Democracies, vol. i, chapter ii; vol. ii, chapter xl.
3. Guitteau, Government and Politics in the United States, chapter xxxvi.