Bonefeld, Werner orcid.org/0000-0001-6709-5313 (2015) European economic constitution and the transformation of democracy:on class and the state of law. European Journal of International Relations. pp. 867-886. ISSN 1460-3713
Abstract
In the context of contemporary analyses of the Europe Union as a post-democratic form of economic governance, this article explores the (ordo)liberal character of monetary union as a regime of imposed liberty. The argument holds that rather than forcing the member states into retreat, the economic constitution of Europe strengthens their liberal foundation, securing their utility as the organised force of a mode of social reproduction founded on free labour. It develops the character of the liberal state as the political form of a free market economy with reference to Adam Smith’s classical political economy and the German ordoliberal tradition, which calls for a rule-based system of federated forms of economic governance to secure a free labour economy in conditions of mass democratic aspirations for a freedom from want. It explores the rationale of the ordoliberal distinction between the liberal character and the democratic character of the state and, in this context, assesses the meaning of liberal democracy in a post-democratic Eurozone.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) The Author, 2015. This is an author produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Journal Name . Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2015 08:54 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 12:29 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066115570158 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1354066115570158 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91065 |
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