Liberalism, Constitutionalism, and Democracy

This groundbreaking book develops a new theory of constitutional democracy. Leading political philosopher Russell Hardin shows how social coordination rather than mutual advantage lies at the heart of liberal constitutionalism.

Russell Hardin is Professor of Politics at New York University and of Political Science at Stanford University

1 Mutual Advantage

1

(40)

Three Mutual-Advantage Theories

1

(8)

Social Order

9

(3)

Coordination

12

(6)

Political Obligation

18

(5)

Unintended Consequences

23

(2)

The Governors

25

(2)

The Argument of the Book

27

(4)

The Normative Status of Sociological Mutual Advantage

31

(3)

A Summary of the Chapters

34

(4)

The Central Controversies

38

(3)

2 Liberalism: Political and Economic

41

(41)

Two Liberalisms

41

(4)

The Grounds of Liberalism

45

(8)

The Welfarist Core

47

(2)

Deontological Additions

49

(4)

Strategic Structures

53

(12)

Hobbes

54

(4)

Locke

58

(1)

Smith

59

(1)

Madison

60

(1)

Mill

61

(2)

The Complex View

63

(2)

Collective Resolution

65

(3)

Causal and Conceptual Links

68

(5)

One Unified Liberalism?

73

(9)

Religious Toleration Again

74

(2)

Historical Changes

76

(2)

Centralized Intelligence

78

(2)

Concluding Remarks

80

(2)

3 Constitutionalism: Contract or Coordination?

82

(59)

Institutions and Choice

82

(3)

Contract or Coordination?

85

(5)

The Strategic Structure of a Constitution

90

(13)

Coordination on and under a Constitution

103

(4)

Agreement and a Constitution

107

(6)

Incentives to Abide by a Constitution

113

(1)

Contracts Not Like Contracts Either

114

(5)

Bargains in Philadelphia

119

(10)

Large versus Small States

120

(2)

Anti-Federalists versus Federalists

122

(5)

Slavery

127

(2)

Plantation Agrarian versus Commercial Interests

129

(1)

Ex Ante Justification

129

(4)

Why a Written Constitution?

133

(8)

4 Democracy: Agreement or Acquiescence?

141

(43)

Consent

141

(4)

Contractarianism

145

(7)

Popular sovereignty

152

(5)

Constitutionalism and Democracy

157

(2)

Justice as Order and Democracy

159

(2)

Government as Grown

161

(4)

The Logic of Democracy

165

(10)

Limits on Citizen Responsibility

166

(4)

Individual Autonomy

170

(2)

The Right Result

172

(3)

Alternative Visions

175

(3)

Virtual Representation

178

(3)

Concluding Remarks

181

(3)

5 Liberalization and its Discontents

184

(44)

Transition to the Two Liberalisms

184

(3)

Constitutional Liberalism

187

(3)

Ethnic Conflicts

190

(5)

Economic Conflicts

195

(7)

Egalitarianism

202

(13)

Equality versus Efficiency

204

(6)

Egalitarianism in One Society

210

(2)

Egalitarianism Without Socialism

212

(3)

The Dual Task of 1989

215

(4)

Irreversibility of Liberalization?

219

(4)

Political Liberalization

220

(2)

Economic Liberalization

222

(1)

Concluding Remarks

223

(5)

6 Constitutional Economic Transition

228

(48)

A Neutral Constitution

228

(5)

Expectations and Constitutional Stability

233

(3)

Economic and Political Visions in the Early United States

236

(5)

The Commerce Clause

241

(7)

Economic Growth, Economic Transition

248

(7)

Hammer and Sickle

255

(2)

Economic Transition in a Constitutional Democracy

257

(7)

Economic Transition and Demographic Growth

264

(5)

American and Eastern Comparisons

269

(5)

Concluding Remarks

274

(2)

7 Democracy on the Margin

276

(35)

Divided Society

276

(1)

Democracy as Group Census

277

(3)

Interests and Democracy

280

(3)

Constitutional Pre-commitment

283

(2)

American Extremes

285

(6)

Democracy and Economic Development

291

(3)

Communal Good

294

(6)

Group Justice and Democracy

300

(5)

Unequal Coordination

305

(4)

Concluding Remarks

309

(2)

Afterword: Whether Agreed to or Not

311

(11)

Justifying the Whole

311

(3)

Collective and Individual Values

314

(2)

Acquiescence and Mutual Advantage

316

(3)

Concluding Remarks

319

(3)

Appendix: Other Liberalisms

322

(11)

Social Liberalism

323

(1)

Institutional Liberalism

324

(1)

Welfare Liberalism

325

(1)

Group Liberalism

326

(2)

The Civil Rights Movement

328

(1)

Strategic Differences

329

(4)

References

333

(16)

Index

349

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