Political Feasibility
In: Bulletin of the atomic scientists, Band 23, Heft 7, S. 13-17
ISSN: 1938-3282
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In: Bulletin of the atomic scientists, Band 23, Heft 7, S. 13-17
ISSN: 1938-3282
In: The journal of political philosophy, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 243-259
ISSN: 1467-9760
In the present, we find industry engaged in factory farming on a massive scale, resulting in the torture of a great number of animals; we find many nations with nuclear weapons, resulting in the constant possibility of nuclear warfare; we find sea levels rising rapidly due to climate change, with the result that low-lying nations are at threat of being completely submerged. We might ask: 'is abolishing factory farming feasible?' 'Is universal nuclear disarmament feasible?' 'Is a radical reduction in the global concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere feasible?' We do not know the answers to these questions, but we can make more or less educated guesses. This is an article about those more or less educated guesses. Adapted from the source document.
In: The journal of political philosophy, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 243-259
ISSN: 0963-8016
To date there is no systematic exploration of the concept of 'political feasibility'. We believe that feasibility is a central issue for political philosophy, conceptually as well as practically, and that it has been given background status for far too long. Roughly, a state of affairs is feasible if it is one we could actually bring about. But there are many questions to ask about the conditions under which we are justified in thinking that we could bring about a political state of affairs. In this article we bring together several aspects of the concept of feasibility defended in the literature thus far, and build upon them to give an analysis of the notion of political feasibility. We suggest that the notion involves a relation between agents and the pursuit of certain actions and outcomes in certain historical contexts, and that there are two important roles for feasibility to play in political theory, corresponding to two feasibility 'tests': one categorical, the other comparative. We show how the tests operate in the assessment of three different levels of a normative political theory: core normative principles, their institutional implementation and the political reforms leading to them. Focusing on the third level, which has received the least attention in the literature, we proceed to explain how feasibility considerations interact with desirability and epistemic considerations in the articulation of normative political judgments.
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In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 259-274
ISSN: 0304-4130
IN EXAMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF A PUBLIC POLICY, ONE ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS OF WHETHER IT SATIFIES ALL LIMITS. POLITICAL FEASIBILITY, HOWEVER, HAS NO SUCH PRECISE CONSTRAINST OT DEFINE ITSELF. THREE GROUPS OF POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ARE PRESENTED HERE: LIMITIATIONS OF AVAILABLE POLITICAL RESOURCES, DISTRIBUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS, AND CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK.
In: Political studies: the journal of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Band 60, Heft 4, S. 809-825
ISSN: 1467-9248
To date there is no systematic exploration of the concept of 'political feasibility'. We believe that feasibility is a central issue for political philosophy, conceptually as well as practically, and that it has been given background status for far too long. Roughly, a state of affairs is feasible if it is one we could actually bring about. But there are many questions to ask about the conditions under which we are justified in thinking that we could bring about a political state of affairs. In this article we bring together several aspects of the concept of feasibility defended in the literature thus far, and build upon them to give an analysis of the notion of political feasibility. We suggest that the notion involves a relation between agents and the pursuit of certain actions and outcomes in certain historical contexts, and that there are two important roles for feasibility to play in political theory, corresponding to two feasibility 'tests': one categorical, the other comparative. We show how the tests operate in the assessment of three different levels of a normative political theory: core normative principles, their institutional implementation and the political reforms leading to them. Focusing on the third level, which has received the least attention in the literature, we proceed to explain how feasibility considerations interact with desirability and epistemic considerations in the articulation of normative political judgments.
To date there is no systematic exploration of the concept of 'political feasibility'. We believe that feasibility is a central issue for political philosophy, conceptually as well as practically, and that it has been given background status for far too long. Roughly, a state of affairs is feasible if it is one we could actually bring about. But there are many questions to ask about the conditions under which we are justified in thinking that we could bring about a political state of affairs. In this article we bring together several aspects of the concept of feasibility defended in the literature thus far, and build upon them to give an analysis of the notion of political feasibility. We suggest that the notion involves a relation between agents and the pursuit of certain actions and outcomes in certain historical contexts, and that there are two important roles for feasibility to play in political theory, corresponding to two feasibility 'tests': one categorical, the other comparative. We show how the tests operate in the assessment of three different levels of a normative political theory: core normative principles, their institutional implementation and the political reforms leading to them. Focusing on the third level, which has received the least attention in the literature, we proceed to explain how feasibility considerations interact with desirability and epistemic considerations in the articulation of normative political judgments.
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In: Journal of political & military sociology, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 49-60
ISSN: 0047-2697
In: Topics in economic analysis & policy, Band 4, Heft 1
ISSN: 1538-0653
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The impending demographic crisis calls for fundamental reforms of old-age security. In a democracy, however, reforms require the support of the majority. A reform that aims at reducing the size of unfunded pension systems is supported by the young and opposed by the old. As long as the young have the majority, this reform is feasible; as soon as society becomes a gerontocracy, there is risk of further expansion.
We determine for Germany, France and Italy the latest point in time at which a majority is in favour of a reform. For this, we calculate for each year the "indifference age" as the age of the cohort that is not affected by the reform and the "median age" as the age of the politically decisive cohort. In Germany, a reform can be democratically enforced until 2012. France becomes a gerontocracy in 2014 and Italy as early as 2006.
In: Contributions to Economic Analysis; Unfunded Pension Systems: Ageing and Variance, S. 131-158
In: Futures, Band 1, Heft 4, S. 282-288
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 32, Heft 6, S. 859
ISSN: 1540-6210
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 259-274
ISSN: 1475-6765
ABSTRACTIn a positive, as opposed to a normative or prescriptive, approach to policy analysis, the critical examination of the conditions of feasibility of public policies assumes paramount importance. A proposal is feasible if it satisfies all relevant constraints. But while the notion of economic or technical feasibility can be explicated by pointing to the corresponding constraints, "political feasibility" is generally used in a much less precise sense; and lack of conceptual precision severely restricts its analytical usefulness. For instance, questions of political feasibility are often confused with considerations of political costs or of political opportunity. I argue that the analyst should always be prepared to translate a judgment of political feasibility or infeasibility in terms of the specific political constraints operating in the problem under consideration. In this paper, three main groups of political constraints are considered: those resulting from the limitation of the available political resources; those relating to the permissible distribution of the benefits and costs of a policy (distributional constraints); and those imposed by the institutional framework.
In: Economic affairs: journal of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Band 18, Heft 4, S. 15-20
ISSN: 1468-0270
Attitudes to road pricing at last are showing signs of change. In addition, the existing road‐building and public transport lobbies are now becoming matched by the growth of information technology. Development from now on must be at local level, and the time is now ripe to re‐examine the interests involved so as to maximise satisfaction.
In: IMF Working Paper No. 93/57
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