Republicanism and the political economy of democracy

摘要: Europe is experiencing rapidly accelerating poverty and social exclusion, following half a decade of financial crisis austerity politics. The key problem behind Europe's malaise, in our view, the economic disenfranchisement large parts its population winner-takes-all-society. This article proposes that we examine contribution republican political theory as distinctive approach provides us with conceptual normative resources to reclaim what call economy democracy, constellation institutions aimed at promoting broad sovereignty individuals’ capacities govern their own lives. identifies three ideas together constitute distinctively economy: (1) establish an floor; (2) impose ceiling counter excess inequality; (3) democratize governance regulation main institutions.