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Realism, Ideology, and the Convulsions of Democracy

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Editors:
  1. Mikayla Novak

    1. Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Fairfax, USA

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  2. Marta Podemska-Mikluch

    1. Department of Economics, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, USA

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  3. Richard E. Wagner

    1. Department of Economics (Emeritus), George Mason University, Fairfax, USA

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  • Describes the primacy of emotions and affect in political rhetoric and action
  • Explains degenerative forces within democracies using Pareto’s concept of nonlogical action
  • Articulates a model of politics consistent with ideas of civic republicanism

Part of the book series: Studies in Public Choice (SIPC, volume 44)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Social Science, Administrative Science, and Entangled Political Economy

    • Richard E. Wagner
    Pages 1-16

  3. Duality, Liberty, and Realism in Entangled Political Economy

    • Giampaolo Garzarelli, Lyndal Keeton, Aldo A. Sitoe
    Pages 17-39

  4. Community, Pluralism, and Public Reason: An Entangled Analysis of Early Modern England

    • James Lee Caton Jr
    Pages 41-63

  5. The Emotional Decay of Liberalism: Trust, Polarization, and Affective Looping

    • Kevin Vallier
    Pages 65-81

  6. Toward a Constitutional Theory of Property Rights to Escape the Transitional Gains Trap: A View from the Machiavellians

    • Rosolino A. Candela
    Pages 83-96

  7. From Entangled Political Economy to Civil Association: A Difficult Journey

    • Laurent Dobuzinskis
    Pages 97-112

  8. Mr. President, Tear Down This Fence

    • David J. Hebert, Nicholas M. Arnold
    Pages 113-127

  9. Economic Efficiency and the Quest for a More Just World

    • Vlad Tarko
    Pages 129-148
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About this book

This edited volume explores the tension between reason and sentiment in democracies and its contribution to the decline of liberalism. Bringing together classical liberal scholars with a deep knowledge of public choice ideas, the chapters delve into this tension from a variety of perspectives. Building on the principle of entangled political economy, as articulated by Richard E. Wagner, this volume engages with new facets of the relationship between choice and consequence and their implications for democratic politics. Advocating for a reframing of public choice theory as compatible with civic republicanism, this volume will be of interest to students and scholars of public choice, political economy, political theory, governance, and economic policy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Fairfax, USA

    Mikayla Novak

  • Department of Economics, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, USA

    Marta Podemska-Mikluch

  • Department of Economics (Emeritus), George Mason University, Fairfax, USA

    Richard E. Wagner

About the editors

Mikayla Novak is Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Novak is the author of two books, and over 20 peer-review articles, a number of which apply the entangled political economy framework to economic, social, and technological phenomena. Novak earned her Ph.D. in Economics from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, in 2013.

Marta Podemska-Mikluch is an Associate Professor of Economics at Gustavus Adolphus College. Using the analytical approach of entangled political economy, Podemska-Mikluch's research analyzes the role entrepreneurship plays at the intersection of divergent institutional settings and the role regulations play in fostering and curtailing innovation. Podemska-Mikluch earned her Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University in 2012.

Richard E. Wagner is Professor Emeritus of Economics at George Mason University. He has authoredsome 30 books and 200 journal articles across a wide variety of subjects in economic theory and political economy. Prior to arriving at George Mason in 1989, he served on the faculties of Florida State University, Auburn University, Virginia Tech, Tulane University, and the University of California at Irvine. After completing his undergraduate work at the University of Southern California in 1963, he received his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia in 1966.

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