THE
UNFINISHED
PROGRAMME OF
DEMOCRACY
BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Renascence of Faith
The Highroad to Christ
Christ and Ourselves
Personality and Nationality
The Church in the Commonwealth(New Commonwealth Books)
The Red Cap on the Cross
THE UNFINISHED PROGRAMME OF DEMOCRACY
BY
RICHARD ROBERTS
NEW YORK:
B. W. HUEBSCH
Mcmxx
To “Mine Own,”
N., P., D., and G.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY | 9 |
| II. | THE TESTS OF DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS | 39 |
| III. | THE PECUNIARY STANDARD | 64 |
| IV. | THE REDEMPTION OF WORK | 93 |
| V. | THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LIBERTY | 131 |
| VI. | THE PRACTICE OF FELLOWSHIP | 160 |
| VII. | THE ORGANISATION OF GOVERNMENT | 210 |
| VIII. | A DEMOCRATISED WORLD | 251 |
| IX. | EDUCATION INTO DEMOCRACY | 295 |
PREFACE
THESE pages embody the attempt of a plainman to thread a way through the social confusionof our time. The book sets out with aprofound faith in the validity of the democraticprinciple; and its object is to trace the path alongwhich the logic of this principle appears to lead.No claim is made to expert knowledge of economicsor political science; but the write
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