The Democratic State
Critique of Bourgeois Sovereignty

Karl Held and Audrey Hill

Table of contents

• Introduction

• Chapter 1: Freedom and equality — Private property — Abstract free will

• Chapter 2: Sovereignty — The people — Constitutional rights — Representation

• Chapter 3: Law — Constitutional state —Democracy

• Chapter 4: Justice — Protection of person and property — Morality

• Chapter 5: The ideal collective capitalist — The social state

• Chapter 6: Taxes

• Chapter 7: Financial policy — Budget — Government debt

• Chapter 8: The common good — Economic policy

• Chapter 9: Democratic procedures: Elections — Legislature — Government

• Chapter 10: Public Opinion — Pluralism — Tolerance

© GegenStandpunkt 1993