The case against the democratic state
Subtitle: an essay in cultural criticism
By: Gordon Graham.
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Thorverton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Democracy; State, The
Description: "The history of the last two hundred years is a story of the immense and relentless growth of the State at the expense of other social institutions. We are now so familiar and accepting of the State's pre-eminence in all things, that few think to question it, and most suppose that democratic endorsement legitimizes it. The aim of this essay is to present a sustained and compelling argument against both presumptions. It contends that the gross imbalance of power in the modern State between ruler and ruled is sorely in need of justification, and that democracy simply masks this need with an illusion of popular sovereignty."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [95]-96)