Political Theory

Social Norms and Political Orders: The New Frontier of Freedom

ABSTRACT

The colloquium had two aims: to discuss the challenge social norms pose to the relationship between formal and informal aspects of political orders, and to explore the role of freedom in a political order in which social norms matter and all is not institutionalized.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

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Alesina, A. and P. Giuliano. “The Power of the Family.” Journal of Economic Growth 15, no. 2 (June 2010): 93-125.

Bicchieri, Cristina and Ryan Muldoon. “Social Norms.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2014): 1-26.

Decker, Ryan, John Haltiwanger, Ron Jarmin, and Javier Miranda. “The Role of Entrepreneurship in US Job Creation and Economic Dynamism.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 28, no. 3 (Summer 2014): 3-24.

Gaus, Gerald. The Order of Public Reason: A Theory of Freedom and Morality in a Diverse and Bounded World. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

McCloskey, Deirdre N. Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.

McTernan, Emily. “How to Make Citizens Behave: Social Psychology, Liberal Values, and Social Norms.” Journal of Political Philosophy 22, no. 1 (March 2014): 84-104.

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Ostrom, Elinor. “Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems.” American Economic Review 100, no. 3 (2010): 641-672.

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