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Index
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
One. Two Hundred Years of Reactionary Rhetoric
Three Reactions and Three Reactionary Theses
A Note on the Term “Reaction”
Two. The Perversity Thesis
The French Revolution and Proclamation of the Perverse Effect
Universal Suffrage and Its Alleged Perverse Effects
The Poor Laws and the Welfare State
Reflections on the Perversity Thesis
Three. The Futility Thesis
Questioning the Extent of Change Wrought by the French Revolution: Tocqueville
Questioning the Extent of Change Likely to Follow from Universal Suffrage: Mosca and Pareto
Questioning the Extent to Which the Welfare State “Delivers the Goods” to the Poor
Reflections on the Futility Thesis
Four. The Jeopardy Thesis
Democracy as a Threat to Liberty
The Welfare State as a Threat to Liberty and Democracy
Reflections on the Jeopardy Thesis
Five. The Three Theses Compared and Combined
A Synoptic Table
The Comparative Influence of the Theses
Some Simple Interactions
A More Complex Interaction
Six. From Reactionary to Progressive Rhetoric
The Synergy Illusion and the Imminent-Danger Thesis
“Having History on One’s Side”
Counterparts of the Perversity Thesis
Seven. Beyond Intransigence
A Turnabout in Argument?
How Not to Argue in a Democracy
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
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