Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-83).

General opinions of the problem: Calvin a source of democracy / Emile Doumergue -- Calvin no source of democracy / Georges de Lagarde -- Calvin an unconscious source of democracy / Charles Mercier -- Calvin not interested in forms of government / Marc-edouard Cheneviere -- Calvin a source of resistance theory, and therefore f democracy / Winthrop S. Hudson -- Did Calvin and his followers favor democracy as a form of government? -- Classical definitions of the forms of government / Aristotle and Cicero -- Calvin preferred either aristocracy or a mixture of aristocracy and democracy / Josef Bohatec -- Calvin preferred representative democracy / John T. McNeill -- Calvin and his followers championed representative government / Herbert Darling Foster -- Calvin's followers feard democracy / Robert M. Kingdon -- Was Calvin's thought the inspiration for the earliest democratic revolts in Europe? -- Calvinist ideas of resistance grew from civic experience / Hans Baron -- Calvinists and Catholics both organized revolutionary parties / H.G. Koenigsberger -- Calvinists became revolutionaries / Michael Walzer -- Summary: Calvin's ideas still politically relevant today / John T. McNeill.