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It is, indeed, remarkable that G.A. Cohen (2008: 186), a Marxist, is now typically considered an egalitarian liberal. To be sure, he does admit that his “inclinations are more liberal” than “old-style” Stalinism.
I have built on his problem-solving understanding of democracy in Gaus forthcoming.
Even Nozick thought that there must be a framework of rules within which the self-governing communities interact.
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Gaus, G. Democratic citizenship as problem solving: Aligica’s public entrepreneurship, citizenship and self-governance. Rev Austrian Econ 34, 393–399 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11138-019-00463-y
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