CONTENTS
Introduction = 1
Chapter 1 Leviathan = 5
The Definition of the State = 6
Limited, Unlimited and Totalitarian States = 7
Law, Trust and Social Co-ordination = 8
Estimating the Benefits of Statehood = 13
General Good versus Individual Advantage = 16
Chapter 2 Politics and Reason = 21
Plato's Challenge = 22
Politics, Knowledge and Desire = 24
The Paradox of Democracy = 28
Direct versus Representative Democracy = 30
Chapter 3 Majority Rule = 35
Universal Suffrage and the Problem of Inclusion = 36
Political Competence Testing = 38
Democratic Consent = 41
Elective Dictatorship and the Tyranny of the Majority = 43
Liberal Democracy = 46
Chapter 4 The Illusion of Power = 51
Political Participation = 51
Power to the People = 56
The General Will = 60
Chapter 5 The Politics of Salvation = 65
The Crisis of Modernity = 65
Marxism and the Transformation of Society = 68
The Neutral State = 72
Politics as Management = 77
Chapter 6 Alternatives to Democracy = 83
Republicanism = 85
Civil Society = 88
Political Theory and Political Practice = 91
Select Bibliography = 95
