Conclusion

Abstract

To conclude this study we should consider the place of the police state in the contemporary world, and its likely future as a system of government. As we shall see both the traditional police state and the totalitarian police state seem to have good chances of surviving for fairly lengthy periods of time. The modern police state appears to be intrinsically more vulnerable. It is also important in this summing-up very briefly to consider some of the features for which a political scientist should look when analysing systems of government in the terms of our previous discussion. It would also be unrealistic to close without some passing reference to the philosophical and political foundations upon which a police state is built.