Democracy, freedom and coercion :

Democracy, freedom and coercion : a law and economics approach / edited by Alain Marciano, Jean-Michel Josselin. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2007. - xix, 276 p. ; 24 cm. - New horizons in law and economics . - New horizons in law and economics series .

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine derived contents note: Contents
List of contributors
Introduction: Jean-Michel Josselin and Alain Marciano
Part 1. Does power (and the democratic use of power in particular)
necessarily mean coercion?
Chapter 1 ÇVariations on the Lupus et Agnus StoryÈ Giuseppe Euseppi
and Alessandra Ceparullo
Chapter 2 ÇFreedom of Choice, Power, and the Responsibility of
Decision MakersÈ Manfred Holler
Chapter 3 ÇHayek and Economic Policy (The Austrian Road to the
Third Way)È Enrico Colombatto
Part 2. Is legitimate coercion really legitimate?
Chapter 4 ÇDefining Economic DemocracyÈ Christian Barr¿re
Chapter 5 ÇThe big Pattern of Democracy. A Study of the Gastil
IndexÈ Martin Paldam
Chapter 6 ÇViolence and its Impact on Democracy in ColombiaÈ
Giorgio Brosio and Roberto Zanola
Part 3. Democratic safeguards against coercion
Chapter 7 ÇLanguage as Platform: A Theory of Subsidiarity and the
Nation StateÈ Leonard Dudley
Chapter 8 ÇLeviathan or Geryon? Power Abuse in Democratic
SocietiesÈ Louis M. Imbeau
Chapter 9 ÇPolitical Institutions and Political InnovationsÈ Lars Feld
and Jan Schnellenbach,
Chapter 10 ÇCompliance in the EU Enlargement Process: Institutional
Reform and the Limits of ConditionalityÈ Bernard Steunenberg and
Antoaneta Dimitrova
Concluding chapter by Donald Wittman.

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Democracy--Economic aspects.
Political corruption--Economic aspects.
Power (Social sciences)

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