Authoritarian Constitutionalism: Comparative Analysis and Critique

Helena Alviar García
Edwar Elgar

Neoliberalism as a form of Authoritarian Constitutionalism

Helena Alviar García, Günter Frankenberg
Edwar Elgar

The chapter proposes to include in the term ‘authoritarian constitutionalism’ the set of provisions that fix neoliberal orthodoxy as the only policy choice available to public officials. It opposes the justification that economic policy should be protected from political deliberation and argues that ...