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Constitutionalism, Federalism, and Limited Government: Hayekian Arguments in Political Scientists’ Perspective

In: Revisiting Hayek’s Political Economy

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The notion of constitutionalism and federalism as principal devices for limiting the power of government is central to F. A. Hayek’s political philosophy. A number of political scientists have recently criticized Hayek’s (as well as J. M. Buchanan’s and B. R. Weingast’s) reasoning on this subject for its presumed “neoliberal bias.” This paper reviews this critique and takes it as a challenge to clarify certain ambiguities in Hayek’s – and, more generally, in liberal – accounts of constitutionalism and federalism.

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  • Viktor J. Vanberg, 2016. "Constitutionalism, Federalism, and Limited Government: Hayekian Arguments in Political Scientists’ Perspective," Advances in Austrian Economics, in: Revisiting Hayek’s Political Economy, volume 21, pages 123-143, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:aaeczz:s1529-213420160000021004
    DOI: 10.1108/S1529-213420160000021004
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