The Limits of Self-Governance: Inequality Objections
The second set of objections to the case for self-governance centre around the issue of inequality.
If citizens are allowed to devise their own solutions to a plethora of collective action problems, some communities will be successful and others will fall behind.
This can generate and compound structural inequalities that otherwise would not exist under a more monocentric or government-controlled allocation of public resources. In this lecture, we’ll consider these objections and potential responses.
The Ideal of Self-Governance: Public Policy Beyond Markets and States
The Ideal of Self-Governance: Public Policy Beyond Markets and States
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