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Political failure by agreement : learning liberalism and the welfare state / Gerhard Wegner

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: New thinking in political economy | Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar, 2008Description: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 141 p) : illISBN:
  • 9781848441569
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 1847207340 | 9781847207340 (hardback) | Available in another form: 9781847207340 (hardback) | Erscheint auch als: Political failure by agreement. Druck-Ausgabe Cheltenham[u.a.] : Edgar Elgar, 2008. VIII, 141 S.DDC classification:
  • 330.12/6 22
RVK: RVK: QD 110 | ME 3350LOC classification:
  • HB95
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781848441569Online resources: Summary: The purpose of this book is to reconsider economic liberalism from the viewpoint of political liberalism. The author argues that advocates of economic liberalism largely overlook empirical political preferences which, in many societies, go far beyond a limited role of the state. Recent difficulties of reforming the welfare state provide evidence that political preferences are at odds with liberal economic policy in numerous cases. This fact challenges a political conception which demands a limited state role but also claims that citizens' preferences 'as they are' should determine the content of policies. Using an evolutionary perspective on economic liberalism, the book develops new arguments about how economic liberalism can be brought into line with political liberalismSummary: ch. 1. Preferences for the welfare state as a challenge for economic liberalism -- ch. 2. The liberal model of market order : the evolutionary view -- ch. 3. Preferences versus choice in politics : a conception of feasible democratic politics -- ch. 4. The underestimation of political opportunity costs -- ch. 5. Learning liberalism in the welfare state : reviewing economic liberalismPPN: PPN: 1023434814Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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