Market economy and democratic polity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6252905
AutoresDavid Beetham (University of Leeds, autor de correspondencia)
Año1997
Volumen4
Número1
Páginas76-93
Fecha de publicación1997-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDemocratization (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1351-0347 • E-ISSN: 1743-890X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13510349708403503
OpenAlexW1970372787
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas23

This essay focuses on the relationship of the market to democracy and therefore to civil society. It problematizes the assumption of much of current work on this issue, that there is a congruence between a market economy and a democratic polity. It does this by setting out the case for and against the above proposition ‐ that there is a correlation between market economy and political democracy ‐ and concludes that the market is at once supportive and undermining of democracy. It concludes that the important issue is how to regulate, contain and supplement market forces so that the necessary civility of social relations in a democratic polity can be protected and enhanced, rather than to argue about whether the market should or should not be placed within the ambit of civil society

Civil society · Civility · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Proposition · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Social Policy and Reform Studies