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National States Sovereignty, Democracy and Global Financial Markets: The European Issue - Sovranità nazionale, democrazia e finanza globale: la questione europea

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  • Reviglio, Edoardo

    (Cassa depositi e prestiti S.p.A.)

  • Bassanini, Franco

    (Cassa depositi e prestiti S.p.A.)

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Since the emergence of representative democratic states, national sovereignty is based on the rule of law and the sovereignty of the people: sovereignty is exercised by the people through democratic representative institutions, with a limited use of instruments of direct democracy. Consequently, the relationship between financial markets and State sovereignty came to be the relationship between finance and representative democracy. But democratic institutions are normally contained within national borders, while financial markets are now global. The relationship between finance, sovereignty and democracy has thus become highly problematic. - Con la nascita degli stati democratici e rappresentativi, la sovranità nazionale si basa sulle leggi e la sovranità del popolo: quest’ultimo la esercita tramite istituzioni democratiche rappresentative, con un uso limitato degli strumenti di democrazia diretta. Di conseguenza la relazione tra mercati finanziari e sovranità nazionale si è trasformata in relazione tra finanza e democrazia rappresentativa. Ma mentre le istituzioni democratiche operano generalmente entro i confini nazionali, i mercati finanziari sono diventati globali. La relazione tra finanza, sovranità e democrazia è pertanto molto problematica.

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  • Reviglio, Edoardo & Bassanini, Franco, 2014. "National States Sovereignty, Democracy and Global Financial Markets: The European Issue - Sovranità nazionale, democrazia e finanza globale: la questione europea," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 67(1), pages 79-109.
  • Handle: RePEc:ris:ecoint:0712
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    Keywords

    National Sovereignty; Global Financial Market; Democracy;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • F02 - International Economics - - General - - - International Economic Order and Integration
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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