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dc.contributor.authorMOLLER, Jorgen
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-19T12:48:56Z
dc.date.available2011-04-19T12:48:56Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationEast European Politics and Societies, 2007, 21, 2, 294-315
dc.identifier.issn0888-3254
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/16570
dc.description.abstractThe post-Soviet setting is characterized by a disheartening political paradox. Since the fall of communism, some kind of electoralism has been spreading to almost every corner of the former empire, yet liberal rights and the rule of law have not been its fellow travelers; nor do they seem destined to provide companionship in the imminent future. Revisiting the long-standing German current of fiscal sociology, it is possible to solve this paradox. In the Europe of yesterday, liberal constitutionalism was the product of a quid pro quo between the rulers and the ruled: an exchange of rights for revenue. Historically, this grand bargain of the liberal state was a prerequisite for liberal democracy, and the very same social mechanisms - or lack thereof - seem to be operating in the post-Soviet world of today.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Publications Inc
dc.subjectpost-communist transitions
dc.subjectliberal constitutionalism
dc.subjectfiscal sociology
dc.titleWherefore the Liberal State? Post-Soviet Democratic Blues and Lessons From Fiscal Sociology
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0888325407299784
dc.identifier.volume21
dc.identifier.startpage294
dc.identifier.endpage315
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