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Democracy, freedom and coercion : a law and economics approach / edited by Alain Marciano, Jean-Michel Josselin.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New horizons in law and economics.
- New horizons in law and economics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Economic aspects.
- Democracy.
- Political corruption--Economic aspects.
- Political corruption.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- States that developing coercion in order to protect freedom, and containing coercion in order to further protect freedom is an arduous task, and one that faces any democratic Leviathan. This book aims to explore this paradox, and to analyse the intricate balance of freedom and coercion in developing states.
- Contents:
- COPYRIGHT; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART 1 Does power (and the democratic use of power in particular) necessarily mean coercion?; 1. Variations on the Lupus et Agnus story: in search of the homo sapiens; 2. Freedom of choice, power, and the responsibility of decision makers; 3. Hayek and economic policy (the Austrian road to the Third Way); PART 2 Is legitimate coercion really legitimate?; 4. Dening economic democracy: a challenge. An institutionalist framework; 5. The big pattern of democracy: a study of the Gastil Index; 6. Violence and its impact on democracy in Colombia
- PART 3 Democratic safeguards against illegitimate coercion7. Language as platform: a theory of subsidiarity and the nation state; 8. Leviathan or Geryon? Power abuse in democratic societies; 9. Political institutions and policy innovations: theoretical thoughts and evidence on labor market regulation; 10. Compliance in the EU enlargement process: institutional reform and the limits of conditionality; Conclusion: Hobbes and the political economy of power; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-22043-1
- 9786613220431
- 1-84720-710-3
- OCLC:
- 476101437
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