The State in the Third Millennium

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The right to self-determination - a personal conviction

2. The origins of the state

3. The role of religion in the formation of the state

4. The size of states and the influence of military technology

5. Monarchy, oligarchy, democracy

6. The American Revolution and indirect democracy

7. The Swiss constitution of 1848 and the path to direct democracy

8. Liechtenstein’s constitutional reform of 2003

9. The deficiencies of traditional democracy

10. The state of the future

10.1 The constitutional state

10.2 The welfare state

10.3 The education system

10.4 Transportation

10.5 Public finances

10.6 The national currency

10.7 Other state duties

11. A constitution for the state of the future

12. Strategies to achieve the state of the future

13. A perspective on the third millennium

Appendix: A draft constitution for the state in the third millennium

Index