Democracy and an open-economy world order / George C. Bitros, Nicholas C. Kyriazis, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bitros, George, editor.

Kyriazis, Nicholas C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Free enterprise.

Physical Description:

xii, 284 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]

Summary:

The essays in this volume explore several key issues facing democracies today. They discuss the dilemma of how to protect civil liberties and individual freedoms in the light of external threats and assess the policies adopted by governments in this area. The book also addresses the question of how free, exactly, free markets should be in an economy in order to secure social peace, before going on to highlight the rudiments of the model of social market economy, as applied in Germany. It examines the problem of the democratic and legitimacy deficits that beset European integration and suggests reforms for a more democratic European Union. Last but not least, by looking back in history, they provide evidence and propose policies for the revitalization of institutions in present-day democracies. The book is of considerable interest to researchers and students in economics and political science, as well as to readers who wish to gain insights into the thorny social issues involved.

Contents:

Part I. Ethics and liberty in the new world economic order

Democracy and ethics vs. intelligence and security: from WikiLeaks to Snowden

Cyberspace governance and state sovereignty

Democracy and economic progress in the work of J. S. Mill

Part II. Democracy and free market economy economy

Institutions, democracy and economic development: on not throwing out the liberal baby with the neoliberal bathwater

The role of democracy in a social market economy

The German model of "social market economy"

The German concept of market economy: social market economy, its roots and its contribution to liberal economic orders in Germany, Europe and beyond

Facing crises: economy, democracy, and political transaction costs

Part III. The political economy of institutions

Inequality in late-classical democratic Athens: evidence and models

The first joint-stock companies: the emergence of democratic elements in business

Political economy perspectives of the fall of the Greek monarchy

Part IV. On the roots of economic crisis in the European periphery

Economic crisis in the European periphery: an assessment of EMU membership and home policy effects based on the Greek experience

Part V. Democracy in the European Union

The long road to a democratic networked European Union

Europe, politics and culture: defending cultural exception

Part VI. Other aspects of democracy, peace and conflict

Civic engagement of university students: an exploratory analysis

Energy wealth as peace and democracy incentive: the Eastern Mediterranean case.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

3319521675

9783319521671

OCLC:

966239425