Synopses & Reviews
From a variety of perspectives, this volume offers valuable insights into the nature of liberalism and the problems facing liberal reformers today, such as the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Table of Contents
1.The social market economy; 2. From post-communism to civil society: the reemergence of history and decline of the western model; 3. Asymmetrical reciprocity in the market exchange: implications for economies in transition; 4. Institutions, nationalism and the transition process in Eastern Europe; 5. The economic and political liberalisation of Socialism: the fundamental problem of property rights; 6. Democracy, markets and the legal order: notes on the nature of politics in a radically liberal society; 7. Liberalism: political and economic; 8. Socialism and the extension of democracy; 9. Liberalism, welfare economics and freedom; 10. Some rules of constitutional design; 11. The morality of inclusion; A new contractarian view of tax and regulatory policy in the emerging market economies; 12. Associations and democracy.