Edited by Alain Marciano, University of Turin, Italy and Jean-Michel Josselin, Professor, University of Rennes 1 and CREM-CNRS, France

‘Democracy, Freedom and Coercion is a welcome addition to the public choice literature. It steps outside of the often used contractarian perspective and recognizes that all governments are ultimately based on coercion. . . the volume's chapters make important contributions that should be of interest to public choice scholars engaged in this research program.'

• Contents:IntroductionJean-Michel Josselin and Alain MarcianoPART I: DOES POWER (AND THE DEMOCRATIC USE OF POWER IN PARTICULAR) NECESSARILY MEAN COERCION?1. Variations on the Lupus et Agnus Story: In Search of the Homo SapiensGiuseppe Euseppi and Alessandra Cepparulo 2. Freedom of Choice, Power, and the Responsibility of Decision MakersManfred J. Holler 3. Hayek and Economic Policy (The Austrian Road to the Third Way)Enrico ColombattoPART II: IS LEGITIMATE COERCION REALLY LEGITIMATE?4. Defining Economic Democracy: A Challenge. An Institutionalist FrameworkChristian Barrère 5. The Big Pattern of Democracy: A Study of the Gastil IndexMartin Paldam6. Violence and its Impact on Democracy in ColombiaGiorgio Brosio and Roberto Zanola PART III: DEMOCRATIC SAFEGUARDS AGAINST ILLEGITIMATE COERCION7. Language as Platform: A Theory of Subsidiarity and the Nation StateLeonard Dudley 8. Leviathan or Geryon? Power Abuse in Democratic Societies Louis M. Imbeau9. Political Institutions and Political Innovations: Theoretical Thoughts and Evidence on Labor Market RegulationLars P. Feld and Jan Schnellenbach10. Compliance in the EU Enlargement Process: Institutional Reform and the Limits of ConditionalityBernard Steunenberg and Antoaneta Dimitrova Conclusion: Hobbes and the Political Economy of Power Donald WittmanIndex

Edited by Alain Marciano, University of Turin, Italy and Jean-Michel Josselin, Professor, University of Rennes 1 and CREM-CNRS, France

‘Democracy, Freedom and Coercion is a welcome addition to the public choice literature. It steps outside of the often used contractarian perspective and recognizes that all governments are ultimately based on coercion. . . the volume's chapters make important contributions that should be of interest to public choice scholars engaged in this research program.'

• Contents:IntroductionJean-Michel Josselin and Alain MarcianoPART I: DOES POWER (AND THE DEMOCRATIC USE OF POWER IN PARTICULAR) NECESSARILY MEAN COERCION?1. Variations on the Lupus et Agnus Story: In Search of the Homo SapiensGiuseppe Euseppi and Alessandra Cepparulo 2. Freedom of Choice, Power, and the Responsibility of Decision MakersManfred J. Holler 3. Hayek and Economic Policy (The Austrian Road to the Third Way)Enrico ColombattoPART II: IS LEGITIMATE COERCION REALLY LEGITIMATE?4. Defining Economic Democracy: A Challenge. An Institutionalist FrameworkChristian Barrère 5. The Big Pattern of Democracy: A Study of the Gastil IndexMartin Paldam6. Violence and its Impact on Democracy in ColombiaGiorgio Brosio and Roberto Zanola PART III: DEMOCRATIC SAFEGUARDS AGAINST ILLEGITIMATE COERCION7. Language as Platform: A Theory of Subsidiarity and the Nation StateLeonard Dudley 8. Leviathan or Geryon? Power Abuse in Democratic Societies Louis M. Imbeau9. Political Institutions and Political Innovations: Theoretical Thoughts and Evidence on Labor Market RegulationLars P. Feld and Jan Schnellenbach10. Compliance in the EU Enlargement Process: Institutional Reform and the Limits of ConditionalityBernard Steunenberg and Antoaneta Dimitrova Conclusion: Hobbes and the Political Economy of Power Donald WittmanIndex

Edited by Alain Marciano, University of Turin, Italy and Jean-Michel Josselin, Professor, University of Rennes 1 and CREM-CNRS, France

‘Democracy, Freedom and Coercion is a welcome addition to the public choice literature. It steps outside of the often used contractarian perspective and recognizes that all governments are ultimately based on coercion. . . the volume's chapters make important contributions that should be of interest to public choice scholars engaged in this research program.'

• Contents:IntroductionJean-Michel Josselin and Alain MarcianoPART I: DOES POWER (AND THE DEMOCRATIC USE OF POWER IN PARTICULAR) NECESSARILY MEAN COERCION?1. Variations on the Lupus et Agnus Story: In Search of the Homo SapiensGiuseppe Euseppi and Alessandra Cepparulo 2. Freedom of Choice, Power, and the Responsibility of Decision MakersManfred J. Holler 3. Hayek and Economic Policy (The Austrian Road to the Third Way)Enrico ColombattoPART II: IS LEGITIMATE COERCION REALLY LEGITIMATE?4. Defining Economic Democracy: A Challenge. An Institutionalist FrameworkChristian Barrère 5. The Big Pattern of Democracy: A Study of the Gastil IndexMartin Paldam6. Violence and its Impact on Democracy in ColombiaGiorgio Brosio and Roberto Zanola PART III: DEMOCRATIC SAFEGUARDS AGAINST ILLEGITIMATE COERCION7. Language as Platform: A Theory of Subsidiarity and the Nation StateLeonard Dudley 8. Leviathan or Geryon? Power Abuse in Democratic Societies Louis M. Imbeau9. Political Institutions and Political Innovations: Theoretical Thoughts and Evidence on Labor Market RegulationLars P. Feld and Jan Schnellenbach10. Compliance in the EU Enlargement Process: Institutional Reform and the Limits of ConditionalityBernard Steunenberg and Antoaneta Dimitrova Conclusion: Hobbes and the Political Economy of Power Donald WittmanIndex