What to make of the liberal paradox?

Theory and Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-196

  Risse, Mathias ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmentation of value; Liberal paradox; Liberalism; Nagel; Pareto; Rights; Sen; Social choice theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042334654     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010301408403     Document Type: Article

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