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Introduction Chapter 1 Leviathan The Definition of the State Limited, Unlimited and Totalitarian States Law, Trust and Social Co-ordination Estimating the Benefits of Statehood General Good versus Individual Advantage Chapter 2 Politics and Reason Plato's Challenge Politics, Knowledge and Desire The Paradox of Democracy Direct versus Representative Democracy Chapter 3 Majority Rule Universal Suffrage and the Problem of Inclusion Political Competence Testing Democratic Consent Elective Dictatorship and the Tyranny of the Majority Liberal Democracy Chapter 4 The Illusion of Power Political Participation Power to the People The General Will Chapter 5 The Politics of Salvation The Crisis of Modernity Marxism and the Transformation of Society The Neutral State Politics as Management Chapter 6 Alternatives to Democracy Republicanism Civil Society Political Theory and Political Practice Select Bibliography
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"In just 93 pages, Graham provides a devastating critique. . . This book ought to be read by every student of politics."
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Introduction Chapter 1 Leviathan The Definition of the State Limited, Unlimited and Totalitarian States Law, Trust and Social Co-ordination Estimating the Benefits of Statehood General Good versus Individual Advantage Chapter 2 Politics and Reason Plato's Challenge Politics, Knowledge and Desire The Paradox of Democracy Direct versus Representative Democracy Chapter 3 Majority Rule Universal Suffrage and the Problem of Inclusion Political Competence Testing Democratic Consent Elective Dictatorship and the Tyranny of the Majority Liberal Democracy Chapter 4 The Illusion of Power Political Participation Power to the People The General Will Chapter 5 The Politics of Salvation The Crisis of Modernity Marxism and the Transformation of Society The Neutral State Politics as Management Chapter 6 Alternatives to Democracy Republicanism Civil Society Political Theory and Political Practice Select Bibliography
Peter Rossi, Culture Wars
"In just 93 pages, Graham provides a devastating critique. . . This book ought to be read by every student of politics."
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