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Globalization and the Re-Definition of Democratic Governance: From Compensatory to Protective Democracy

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The Invisible Hand and the Common Good

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The relationship between “globalization” and “democracy” has become a central topic of discussion not only in popular political discourse, but in academe as well. Determining the nature of the relationship, however, is not a straightforward matter.

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This paper draws upon Mark Neufeld: “Theorising Globalisation: Towards a Politics of Resistance — A neo-Gramscian Response to Mathias Albert”, Global Society, 15(1) (2001).

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Neufeld, M. (2004). Globalization and the Re-Definition of Democratic Governance: From Compensatory to Protective Democracy. In: Hodgson, B. (eds) The Invisible Hand and the Common Good. Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10347-0_20

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