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Market, Social Cohesion, and Democracy

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José Antonio Ocampo ()
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This paper offers three guiding principles for a better relationship between the economy and democracy: democracy as the extension of citizenship; democracy as diversity; and democracy as complementary to clear, strong macroeconomic rules. This view, it is argued, implies that economic and social institutions must be subject to democratic political choice. In this context, it analyses the role of both national and international institutions in improving the complementarity of the market, social cohesion and democracy. The central role of economic and social rights serves as the overarching framework for the analysis.

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Paper provided by United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs in its series Working Papers with number 9.

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Date of creation: Feb 2006
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Keywords: citizenship; democracy; social cohesion; market economy; inequality; property rights;

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H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government
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I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty
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D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
F02 - International Economics - - General - - - International Economic Order; Noneconomic International Organizations;; Economic Integration and Globalization: General

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  1. JosÈ Antonio Ocampo, 2002. "Rethinking the development agenda," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 26(3), pages 393-407, May.
  2. Dornbusch, Rudiger & Edwards, Sebastian, 1989. "The macroeconomics of populism in Latin America," Policy Research Working Paper Series 316, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
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  3. North, Douglass C, 1991. "Institutions," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 5(1), pages 97-112, Winter. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Rania Antonopoulos & Francisco Cos-Montiel, 2007. "State, Difference, and Diversity: Toward a Path of Expanded Democracy and Gender Equality," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_493, Levy Economics Institute, The. [Downloadable!]
  2. Rania Antonopoulos, 2007. "The Right to a Job, the Right Types of Projects Employment Guarantee Policies from a Gender Perspective," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_516, Levy Economics Institute, The. [Downloadable!]
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