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Democracy and an Open-Economy World Order.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (279 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319521688
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 320.6
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Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I: Ethics and Liberty in the New World Economic Order -- 1: Democracy and Ethics vs. Intelligence and Security: From WikiLeaks to Snowden -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Democracy, Security and Intelligence -- 1.3 Ethics and Intelligence -- 1.4 From Julian Assange to Edward Snowden -- 1.4.1 Julian Assange and WikiLeaks -- 1.4.2 The Snowden Affair -- 1.5 Conclusions -- References -- 2: Cyberspace Governance and State Sovereignty -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Cyberspace Governance and State Sovereignty -- 2.3 The Uses and Limits of Multilateral Governance and Multi-Stakeholderism -- 2.4 Great Power Politics and the Struggle Over Cyberspace -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- 3: Democracy and Economic Progress in the work of J. S. Mill -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Mill on the Science of Government -- 3.3 Political Participation and Developmental Democracy -- 3.4 Individuality, Equality, Diversity and the Limits of Government -- 3.5 Mill Before the Interplay Between Democracy and Economic Prosperity -- References -- Part II: Democracy and Free Market Economy -- 4: Institutions, Democracy and Economic Development: On Not Throwing out the Liberal Baby with the Neoliberal Bathwater -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Institutions Matter -- 4.3 Democracy Matters -- 4.4 Conclusion -- References -- 5: The Role of Democracy in a Social Market Economy -- 5.1 Introduction: The German Social Market Economy -- 5.2 Democracy, Income, and Growth in the Literature -- 5.3 Democracy and Market Orientation in Transition Countries -- 5.4 Interdependence of Democratic and Social Market Economy Institutions -- 5.4.1 Variables -- 5.4.2 Empirical Strategy -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Linear Transformation -- Appendix 2: Summary Statistics -- References -- 6: The German Model of S̀̀ocial Market Economý ́-- 6.1 Introduction to the Theme.
6.2 The Theoretical Foundations of the System -- 6.3 The Social Market Economy (Soziale Marktwirtschaft) -- 6.4 Conclusions -- References -- 7: The German Concept of Market Economy: Social Market Economy. Its Roots and Its Contribution to Liberal Economic Orders in G... -- 7.1 Two Introductory Remarks -- 7.2 First Statement: Germany Was a C̀̀ountry of Cartelś ́-- 7.3 Second Statement: The Sudden Shift to a Market Economy -- 7.4 The Third Statement: S̀̀ociaĺ ́as a Genuine Innovation to Market Economy (This Third Statement Presents the Third Innovat... -- 7.5 The Fourth Statement: Means of Implementation -- 7.6 My Fifth Statement: The International Dimension of Social Market Economy -- 7.7 Some Conclusions -- Annex 1 -- Annex 2 -- Annex 3 -- References -- 8: Facing Crises: Economy, Democracy, and Political Transaction Costs -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Political Transaction Costs: What Are We Talking About? -- 8.3 Meso-institutions: Core Mechanisms in Democratic Societies -- 8.4 How to Minimize Political Transaction Costs? -- 8.5 Why Is It so Difficult to Reform? -- 8.6 Conclusion: Central Messages -- References -- Part III: The Political Economy of Institutions -- 9: Inequality in Late-Classical Democratic Athens: Evidence and Models -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 A Model of Athenian Population and Income, 330BCE -- 9.3 Other Measures of Inequality -- 9.3.1 Wealth and Land -- 9.3.2 Nutrition -- 9.3.3 Houses -- 9.4 Conclusions -- Appendix: Athens, 330BCE. Model of Population and Income -- References -- 10: The First Joint-Stock Companies: The Emergence of Democratic Elements in Business -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Weak Central Governance and Institutional Change -- 10.3 The Democratic Structure of Joint-Stock Companies -- 10.4 Conclusions -- References -- 11: Political Economy Perspectives of the Fall of the Greek Monarchy -- 11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Historical Overview of the Greek monarchy -- 11.3 Proximate and Fundamental Causes of the Fall of Monarchy -- 11.3.1 War Defeat -- 11.3.2 Revolutions and Coups -- 11.3.3 Fundamental Causes of the Fall of Monarchy -- 11.4 Explaining the Fall of the Greek Monarchy -- 11.5 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Part IV: On the Roots of Economic Crisis in the European Periphery -- 12: Economic Crisis in the European Periphery: An Assessment of EMU Membership and Home Policy Effects Based on the Greek Expe... -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Critical Integration and EMU Shocks in the Peripheral EU Countries -- 12.3 Modelling the Forces and the Processes of the Economic Crisis in Greece -- 12.4 Results and Interpretations -- 12.5 Summary of Findings -- 12.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part V: Democracy in the European Union -- 13: The Long Road to a Democratic Networked European Union -- 13.1 Introduction: Networks in the EU Politics -- 13.2 Networks and Network Governance: The Case of the EU -- 13.3 The EU and Democratic Legitimation -- 13.4 Network Governance and Prospects for Democracy in the EU -- 13.5 Conclusion: Governance Network Surplus-Democratic and Legitimacy Deficit? -- References -- 14: Europe, Politics and Culture: Defending Cultural Exception -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Cultural -- 14.3 Politics -- 14.4 History -- References -- Part VI: Other Aspects of Democracy, Peace and Conflict -- 15: Civic Engagement of University Students: An Exploratory Analysis -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Civic Engagement: A Primer -- 15.2.1 Civic Engagement and Democracy -- 15.2.2 Defining Civic Engagement -- 15.2.3 Dimensions and Measurement of Civic Engagement -- 15.2.4 Determinants of Civic Engagement -- 15.3 The Civic Engagement of University Students: A Case Study -- 15.3.1 Research Concept and Methodology.
15.3.2 Response Rate and Composition of Respondents -- 15.3.3 Variables and Descriptive Statistics -- 15.3.4 Determinants of Student Civic Engagement -- 15.4 Conclusions -- References -- 16: Energy Wealth as Peace and Democracy Incentive: The Eastern Mediterranean Case -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Energy Wealth as Peace and Democracy Incentive: The Historical and Theoretical Framework -- 16.3 The Geopolitics of Energy in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Implications for the Energy and Democratic Stability of th... -- 16.4 Conclusion -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I: Ethics and Liberty in the New World Economic Order -- 1: Democracy and Ethics vs. Intelligence and Security: From WikiLeaks to Snowden -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Democracy, Security and Intelligence -- 1.3 Ethics and Intelligence -- 1.4 From Julian Assange to Edward Snowden -- 1.4.1 Julian Assange and WikiLeaks -- 1.4.2 The Snowden Affair -- 1.5 Conclusions -- References -- 2: Cyberspace Governance and State Sovereignty -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Cyberspace Governance and State Sovereignty -- 2.3 The Uses and Limits of Multilateral Governance and Multi-Stakeholderism -- 2.4 Great Power Politics and the Struggle Over Cyberspace -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- 3: Democracy and Economic Progress in the work of J. S. Mill -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Mill on the Science of Government -- 3.3 Political Participation and Developmental Democracy -- 3.4 Individuality, Equality, Diversity and the Limits of Government -- 3.5 Mill Before the Interplay Between Democracy and Economic Prosperity -- References -- Part II: Democracy and Free Market Economy -- 4: Institutions, Democracy and Economic Development: On Not Throwing out the Liberal Baby with the Neoliberal Bathwater -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Institutions Matter -- 4.3 Democracy Matters -- 4.4 Conclusion -- References -- 5: The Role of Democracy in a Social Market Economy -- 5.1 Introduction: The German Social Market Economy -- 5.2 Democracy, Income, and Growth in the Literature -- 5.3 Democracy and Market Orientation in Transition Countries -- 5.4 Interdependence of Democratic and Social Market Economy Institutions -- 5.4.1 Variables -- 5.4.2 Empirical Strategy -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Linear Transformation -- Appendix 2: Summary Statistics -- References -- 6: The German Model of S̀̀ocial Market Economý ́-- 6.1 Introduction to the Theme.

6.2 The Theoretical Foundations of the System -- 6.3 The Social Market Economy (Soziale Marktwirtschaft) -- 6.4 Conclusions -- References -- 7: The German Concept of Market Economy: Social Market Economy. Its Roots and Its Contribution to Liberal Economic Orders in G... -- 7.1 Two Introductory Remarks -- 7.2 First Statement: Germany Was a C̀̀ountry of Cartelś ́-- 7.3 Second Statement: The Sudden Shift to a Market Economy -- 7.4 The Third Statement: S̀̀ociaĺ ́as a Genuine Innovation to Market Economy (This Third Statement Presents the Third Innovat... -- 7.5 The Fourth Statement: Means of Implementation -- 7.6 My Fifth Statement: The International Dimension of Social Market Economy -- 7.7 Some Conclusions -- Annex 1 -- Annex 2 -- Annex 3 -- References -- 8: Facing Crises: Economy, Democracy, and Political Transaction Costs -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Political Transaction Costs: What Are We Talking About? -- 8.3 Meso-institutions: Core Mechanisms in Democratic Societies -- 8.4 How to Minimize Political Transaction Costs? -- 8.5 Why Is It so Difficult to Reform? -- 8.6 Conclusion: Central Messages -- References -- Part III: The Political Economy of Institutions -- 9: Inequality in Late-Classical Democratic Athens: Evidence and Models -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 A Model of Athenian Population and Income, 330BCE -- 9.3 Other Measures of Inequality -- 9.3.1 Wealth and Land -- 9.3.2 Nutrition -- 9.3.3 Houses -- 9.4 Conclusions -- Appendix: Athens, 330BCE. Model of Population and Income -- References -- 10: The First Joint-Stock Companies: The Emergence of Democratic Elements in Business -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Weak Central Governance and Institutional Change -- 10.3 The Democratic Structure of Joint-Stock Companies -- 10.4 Conclusions -- References -- 11: Political Economy Perspectives of the Fall of the Greek Monarchy -- 11.1 Introduction.

11.2 Historical Overview of the Greek monarchy -- 11.3 Proximate and Fundamental Causes of the Fall of Monarchy -- 11.3.1 War Defeat -- 11.3.2 Revolutions and Coups -- 11.3.3 Fundamental Causes of the Fall of Monarchy -- 11.4 Explaining the Fall of the Greek Monarchy -- 11.5 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Part IV: On the Roots of Economic Crisis in the European Periphery -- 12: Economic Crisis in the European Periphery: An Assessment of EMU Membership and Home Policy Effects Based on the Greek Expe... -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Critical Integration and EMU Shocks in the Peripheral EU Countries -- 12.3 Modelling the Forces and the Processes of the Economic Crisis in Greece -- 12.4 Results and Interpretations -- 12.5 Summary of Findings -- 12.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part V: Democracy in the European Union -- 13: The Long Road to a Democratic Networked European Union -- 13.1 Introduction: Networks in the EU Politics -- 13.2 Networks and Network Governance: The Case of the EU -- 13.3 The EU and Democratic Legitimation -- 13.4 Network Governance and Prospects for Democracy in the EU -- 13.5 Conclusion: Governance Network Surplus-Democratic and Legitimacy Deficit? -- References -- 14: Europe, Politics and Culture: Defending Cultural Exception -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Cultural -- 14.3 Politics -- 14.4 History -- References -- Part VI: Other Aspects of Democracy, Peace and Conflict -- 15: Civic Engagement of University Students: An Exploratory Analysis -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Civic Engagement: A Primer -- 15.2.1 Civic Engagement and Democracy -- 15.2.2 Defining Civic Engagement -- 15.2.3 Dimensions and Measurement of Civic Engagement -- 15.2.4 Determinants of Civic Engagement -- 15.3 The Civic Engagement of University Students: A Case Study -- 15.3.1 Research Concept and Methodology.

15.3.2 Response Rate and Composition of Respondents -- 15.3.3 Variables and Descriptive Statistics -- 15.3.4 Determinants of Student Civic Engagement -- 15.4 Conclusions -- References -- 16: Energy Wealth as Peace and Democracy Incentive: The Eastern Mediterranean Case -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Energy Wealth as Peace and Democracy Incentive: The Historical and Theoretical Framework -- 16.3 The Geopolitics of Energy in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Implications for the Energy and Democratic Stability of th... -- 16.4 Conclusion -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

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