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Tables of Contents for The Rhetoric of Reaction
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
One. Two Hundred Years of Reactionary Rhetoric
1
10
Three Reactions and Three Reactionary Theses
3
5
A Note on the Term "Reaction"
8
3
Two. The Perversity Thesis
11
32
The French Revolution and Proclamation of the Perverse Effect
12
7
Universal Suffrage and Its Alleged Perverse Effects
19
8
The Poor Laws and the Welfare State
27
8
Reflections on the Perversity Thesis
35
8
Three. The Futility Thesis
43
38
Questioning the Extent of Change Wrought by the French Revolution: Tocqueville
45
5
Questioning the Extent of Change Likely to Follow from Universal Suffrage: Mosca and Pareto
50
10
Questioning the Extent to Which the Welfare State "Delivers the Goods" to the Poor
60
9
Reflections on the Futility Thesis
69
12
Four. The Jeopardy Thesis
81
52
Democracy as a Threat to Liberty
86
24
The Welfare State as a Threat to Liberty and Democracy
110
11
Reflections on the Jeopardy Thesis
121
12
Five. The Three Theses Compared and Combined
133
16
A Synoptic Table
133
4
The Comparative Influence of the Theses
137
3
Some Simple Interactions
140
4
A More Complex Interaction
144
5
Six. From Reactionary to Progressive Rhetoric
149
15
The Synergy Illusion and the Imminent-Danger Thesis
149
5
"Having History on One's Side"
154
5
Counterparts of the Perversity Thesis
159
5
Seven. Beyond Intransigence
164
9
A Turnabout in Argument?
164
3
How Not to Argue in a Democracy
167
6
Notes
173
14
Acknowledgments
187
4
Index
191