Governing Differences

Social Diversity, Polycentric Political Economy and Modus Vivendi

Paul D. Aligica, Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

220 Seiten

2025
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-4857-2 (ISBN)

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This book discusses the crisis in modern governance rooted in the social fragmentation of modern society, the expanding diversity of values, beliefs and lifestyles generated by globalization and the technological revolution. Chapters advocate for a convergence of the institutional theory of polycentricity and the political philosophy of modus vivendi – live and let live – as a basic conceptual framework to uphold a peaceful and tolerant society, while presenting detailed analysis of a wide range of case studies.

This book is a critical resource for students and scholars of political science and public policy in addition to those studying political philosophy, sociology, moral theory or institutional systems. Policymakers and practitioners involved in governance will also find this invaluable due to its timely focus on the tensions generated by pluralism and how they can be alleviated.

Edited by Paul Dragos Aligica, Professor, University of Bucharest and Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Founding Director, Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Contents
Introduction: modus vivendi and polycentric governance systems 1
Paul Dragos Aligica and Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili
PART I Foundational perspectives 22
1 Liberalism, modus vivendi, and polycentricity: mapping the
terrain 23
David McCabe
2 From ideational to social: reframing modus vivendi 52
Aylon Manor
3 Two perspectives on the problem of peaceful coexistence:
John Gray’s modus vivendi and David Mitrany’s functionalism 74
Robert Gabriel Ciobanu
PART II Exploratory case studies 94
4 Embracing polygamy: a modus vivendi response to the human
rights position 95
Rebecca Yemo
5 Blockchain contractualism as modus vivendi: a praxis for
reconfiguring post-colonial state-building 111
Kaleb Demew
6 Liberal democracy, non-Western governance, and the
Bloomington School 135
Bryan Cheang
7 The government of things: acknowledging non-human agents
in institutional design 153
Alexandru Stefan Dincovici
8 Modus vivendi, polycentricity, and “decolonizing” the study
of the urban–rural divide 171
Kris Kanthak
9 Coproduced collective security and the resilience of modus
vivendi pluralism 185
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Ali Palida

Erscheinungsdatum	22.05.2025
Reihe/Serie	New Thinking in Political Economy series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	1-0353-4857-8 / 1035348578
ISBN-13	978-1-0353-4857-2 / 9781035348572
Zustand	Neuware