Among the social and political phenomena for which thentheory of the managerial revolution offers a unifiednconceptual explanation is the conflict between left and rightnin the United States since the New Deal era. Until recently,nthe mainstream of American conservatism has been closelynlinked with the defense of premanagerial (mainly bourgeois)ninstitutions and belief-patterns and with resistance to managerialnpolitical, economic, and cultural forces, which, asnGalbraith understood, have been centered on the poliHcalnleft. The theory implies that the left-right conflict is notnmerely a conflict of political parties, candidates, and ideologiesnbut also a struggle between a declining (bourgeois) elitenand an ascending (managerial) elite over the issue of whichnone will direct the course of American life. Hence, anpolitical movement of the right that espouses premanagerialngoals or seeks to resist managerial agendas cannot expect tonachieve these ends simply by promulgating ideas or winningnelections within the organizational framework of the managerialnregime. It must seek to displace that framework andnthe elite that controls it.nThe theory also offers a sociological morphology for suchnconcepts as Hilaire Belloc’s “servile state” and related ideasnof 20th-century political and social theory. Most such ideasnperceived that the cultural and intellectual disorder of thencentury was closely related to transformations in organizationalnlife, but few have pursued the relationship as closely asnBurnham did. It ought to be clear that the corollary of thenthesis that a managerial elite has become the dominantnsocial and political force through its control of mass organi­nJust complete and mail the adjoiningncoupon with your check or moneynorder, and we’ll promptly send eachnrecipient a gift card in your name.nGive Chronicles – – and celebratena delightful holiday tradition byngiving those on your list 12 monthsnof reading pleasure!n18/CHRONICLESnTO ORDER BY PHONEnCALL TOLL FREEn1-800-877-5459nzations is that premanagerial bourgeois elites and theirnsupporters have been demoted to the status of a newn”proletariat,” displaced from political and cultural hegemony,ndispossessed of the independence that their propertybasednorder permitted, and subsumed in the mass economic,npolitical, and cultural organizations of the managerial regime.nIt is noteworthy that Southern Agrarian Allen Tate, innan essay in Who Owns America? (1936), the sequel to I’llnTake My Stand, cites Berie and Means’ work on thencorporation as the empirical ground of his thesis that “therenis a point at which effective ownership ceases, although thenlegal fictions sustaining ‘property’ may hold that beyond thatnpoint ownership endures. … a defender of the institutionnof private property will question not only the coUectivistnState, but also large corporate property.”nBurnham himself did not believe that organized resistancento the emergence of a managerial regime was practical.nHe regarded its emergence as historically inevitable andnirreversible, and he thought that the most conservativesncould accomplish would be to ensure the survival ofnpremanagerial ideas of liberty, law, and civilization within anmanagerial system. In the last 50 years, nothing hasnoccurred to suggest that either his basic analysis or his beliefnin the irreversibility of the process he analyzed is false, andnuntil some social force appears that is able to challenge thenmanagerial system and offer an organizational alternative tonit. Professor Galbraith and his colleagues in the New Dealnwill have good reason to celebrate.n<^nA Special Holiday Tradition Is NownA Terrific Holiday Value !nAChronicles Gift Subscription has long been a popularnchoice as a holiday gift for family and friends. Andnnow, our special holiday rates make giving Chronicles anconsiderable value, too. Give a one-year subscription tonChronicles for only $18 (you save $6 or 25% off the covernprice).nFOREIGN ORDERS ADDS6 PER SUBSCRIPTION. U.S. FUNDS ONLY. CHRONICLES SELLS FOR $2.50 A COPY. xMAS9InSENDTO:CHRONICLES’P.O. BOX 800-MT.MORRIS.IL61054 _ __ _ _ Jnnn