ABSTRACT
A proper theory of social responsibility—the heart of all serious political discussion — should take account of this natural development, and a proper political system would incorporate and utilize the facts of life rather than try to conceal or destroy them. The competition for power is the most frequently remarked upon feature of political life. The most powerful analysis of America's political transformation remains James Burnham's The Managerial Revolution. One way of looking at some of the social and political changes in the United States is as an attempt to recommunalize the social structure. By consolidating the federal government in New York or Pennsylvania, the anti-Federalist argument ran, the middle states would possess unfair advantages. Calhoun's theory is simply the federal principle extended across the artificial boundaries of government to include natural communities of interest.
