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Law, Economy And Ideology In The Western Democracies Today: A Typical Carrot And Stick Interaction

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  • Monica Florentina POPA

    (Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Romania)

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The official anti-Covid-19 policies and the backlash they sparked from a substantial portion of the population in both the EU and USA might be seen as part of a long series of events which highlight a growing polarization amongst the citizens of the Western democracies today, along ideological fault lines, regarding the extent of the executive powers, the individual freedoms versus the common good, the environmental protection versus the economic realities etc. In part, this polarization arises, in our opinion, from the unbalanced relationship between ideology, economy and law. The present paper endeavours to examine some facets of this relationship, presenting the current tensions between ideology, on one hand, and law and economy, on the other, as an example of a typical carrot and stick approach, which relegates the law to an ancillary, strictly technical role. To this purpose, several cases will be considered, such as the European Green Deal, the immigration (a common and hotly debated topic in the EU and USA today) and the anti-Covid vaccination policies. We will attempt to show that, far from being a mere avatar of a ãstickÓ within the framework of the Western democracies, the law could and should offer solutions to the pervasive divisiveness in our society, by reevaluating concepts such as sovereignty and democratic representation, and in doing so, acting as a social glue, where economic incentives or ideological tenets are bound to fail.

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  • Monica Florentina POPA, 2022. "Law, Economy And Ideology In The Western Democracies Today: A Typical Carrot And Stick Interaction," Perspectives of Law and Public Administration, Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative (Society of Juridical and Administrative Sciences), vol. 11(1), pages 88-102, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:sja:journl:v:11:y:2022:i:1:p:88-102
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    Keywords

    sovereignty; government powers; immigration; The European Green Deal; economy; vax mandate; anti-Covid-19 vaccination policy; UE regulations.;
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    JEL classification:

    • K10 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - General (Constitutional Law)
    • K20 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - General

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