Overview
- Analyzes the emancipatory effects of markets, limited government, and an open society
- Examines the historical contributions of liberal philosophy toward emancipatory economic, political, and social outcomes
- Articulates a framework of emancipation using mainline approaches to political and social economy
Part of the book series: Mercatus Studies in Political and Social Economy (MSPSE)
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The concept of emancipation is a touchstone issue within classical liberalism. Commonly referred to as a condition in which individuals and groups are liberated from forms of control, domination, or restriction, “emancipation” normatively corresponds with the humane ethical dimension underpinning liberalism as well as the liberal political project of progressively extending the principle of equality of dignity and respect to all persons. “Liberal emancipation” stresses how economic, political, and social freedoms are deeply implicated in promoting upward mobility and individual choice, and countering subjugation and repression, for all human beings, including historically oppressed and marginalized groups.
This contributed volume explores the historical achievements of liberal emancipation as well as its contemporary relevance to pressing economic, political, and social issues.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Mikayla Novak is Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She is the author of Inequality (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). In 2013, Novak earned her PhD in economics from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Liberal Emancipation
Book Subtitle: Explorations in Political and Social Economy
Editors: Mikayla Novak
Series Title: Mercatus Studies in Political and Social Economy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94406-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-94405-5Published: 02 October 2025
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-94408-6Due: 16 October 2026
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-94406-2Published: 30 September 2025
Series ISSN: 2946-5656
Series E-ISSN: 2946-5664
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 272
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Economy/Economic Systems, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, International Relations