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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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.
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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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