I. Introduction
Die Arbeiten der Akademie zum Thema “Demokratie” (Democracy as a subject of the Academy’s deliberations – programme and state of the work)
H. Zacher
Droits de l’Homme et Démocratie à la lumière de l’Enseignement social de l’Église (The teaching of the Church on democracy)
M. Schooyans
Introduction to the Discussion
R. Minnerath
II. Value of democracy — democracy and values
Three Questions about Contemporary Democracy and the Catholic Church (Value and justification of democracy – democracy: an end or a means?)
J.J. Di Iulio
Values as a Precondition of Democracy
T. Nojiri
Democracy Versus Values?
F.-X. Kaufmann
Demokratie, Rechts- und Verfassungsstaat – Werte, ihr Konflikt und Schutz (The conflict of values – the protection of values: democratic structures, rule of law, the “Verfassungsstaat”)
H. Schambeck
III. “Civil society” as the essence of democratic society
Il Concetto di Stato Democratico e “la Società Civile” (The concept of the democratic state and “civil society” as a precondition)
P.L. Zampetti
What is “Civil Society” and how does it Develop?
J.B. Elshtain
Democracy as Civil Society: the Mediating Structures
K. von Beyme
Culture et Democratie (History and culture)
J. Bony
IV. Supranationality, internationality and democracy
European Integration and Democracy: Some Sceptical Reflections (Europe: its international and its governmental structures and their relation to democracy)
S. Bartolini
International and Governmental Structures and their Relation to Democracy: Common Report on Africa, America and Asia
T.A. Mensah
La Mondialisation en Quête de Gouvernance Democratique: Contradictions Nationales, Contraintes Internationales (The global world: how is it governed?)
L. Sabourin
Interventions Internationales, Souveraineté des Etats et Democratie (International interventions versus national democracies)
T. de Montbrial
V. General debate
Report of the General Debate