Si puo parlare di Sismondi 'federalista'? (Can we speak of Sismondi 'federalist'?)

Giuseppe Pioletti
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Giuseppe Pioletti: Università degli Studi di Catania - Dipartimento di Scienze Umanistiche

Il Pensiero Economico Italiano, 2013, vol. 21, issue 2, 31-46

Abstract: This essay examines one of the most interesting topics on Sismondi’s political thought: the ambiguity of his positions in respect to the federal constitution. Based on the analysis of his political works, we tried to investigate the matter attempting, therefore, to return to the complexity and depth of Sismondi’s thought. We came to the conclusion that federalism, for the Genevan thinker, is not an ‘end’ but a ‘means’. It’s not indispensable in order to obtain freedom and balance in political systems

Keywords: Sismondi, federalism; liberal political thought; neo-Smithian economical thought (Sismondi, federalismo; pensiero politico liberale; economia politica neosmithiana) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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