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| Minimalist liberalism: Minimalist liberalism in politics emphasizes limited government intervention, focusing on protecting individual rights, private property, and freedom of choice. It advocates a restrained state role, ensuring basic justice and security while leaving social and economic matters to personal responsibility and voluntary interactions within a free market._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Dictionary of Arguments. | |||
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William H. Riker on Minimalist Liberalism - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 150 Minimalist Liberalism/democray/Riker/Dryzek: Riker's (1982)(1) attempted social-choice-theoretic defence of minimalism is that though voting is meaningless, periodic elections at least provide an opportunity for the removal of tyrannical, incompetent, or corrupt leadership. VsRiker: but Riker's defence fails because his own analysis shows that there is no will of the voters independent of the mechanism that is supposed to measure it - and this has to include the will to dismiss tyrants or incompetents (Coleman and Ferejohn, 1986(2): 22). >Minimalist liberalism/Dryzek, >Minimalist liberalism/Przeworski, 1. Riker, William H. (1982) Liberalism against Populism: A Confrontation between the Theory of Democracy and the Theory of Social Choice. San Francisco: Freeman. 2. Coleman, Jules and John Ferejohn (1986) 'Democracy and social choice'. Ethics, 97: 6—25. Dryzek, John S. 2004. „Democratic Political Theory“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. "Vs" indicates differences in content, not necessarily the chronological progression of a controversy. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
PolRiker I William H. Riker Liberalism Against Populism: A Confrontation Between the Theory of Democracy and the Theory of Social Choice Long Grove, IL 1988 Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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