Democracy--the god that failed : the economics and politics of monarchy, democracy and natural order
"The core of this book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from monarchy to democracy. Revisionist in nature, it reaches the conclusion that monarchy is a lesser evil than democracy, but outlines deficiencies in both. Its methodology is axiomatic-deductive, allowing the writer to derive economic and sociological theorems, and then apply them to interpret historical events."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2001
Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick [NJ], ©2001
xxiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780765800886, 9780765808684, 0765800888, 0765808684
46384089
Introduction 1. On Time Preference, Government, and the Process of Decivilization 2. On Monarchy, Democracy, and the Idea of Natural Order 3. On Monarchy, Democracy, Public Opinion, and Delegitimation 4. On Democracy, Redistribution, and the Destruction of Property 5. On Centralization and Secession 6. On Socialism and Desocialization 7. On Free Immigration and Forced Integration 8. On Free Trade and Restricted Immigration 9. On Cooperation, Tribe, City, and State 10. On Conservatism and Libertarianism 11. On the Errors of Classical Liberalism and the Future of Liberty 12. On Government and the Private Production of Defense 13. On the Impossibility of Limited Government and the Prospect for Revolution