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John Trasher: Democracy Unchained: Contractualism, Individualism, and Independence in Buchanan’s Democratic Theory
Contrary to the claims of some of his critics, James Buchanan was an ardent democrat. In his paper “ Democracy Unchained: Contractualism, Individualism, and Independence in Buchanan’s Democratic Theory“ NOUS member John Trasher argues that Buchanan’s conception of democratic governance organized by a contractually justified constitution is highly distinctive because Weiterlesen…