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Winter 2019

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 34, Number 4

Categories: Winter 2019 | Catholicism

Self-Government, Political Economy, and the Christian Tradition

Zachary Jacob Gochenour, James Madison University

Chris Fleming, George Mason University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise34(4),2019,33–53Self-Government,PoliticalEconomy,andtheChristianTraditionZacharyJacobGochenourJamesMadisonUniversityChrisFlemingGeorgeMasonUniversity__________________________________________________________AbstractThispaperdevelopsatheoryofself-governmentthatisspecificallyChristian,contrastedwithboththeliberalEnlightenmentconceptionofself-governmentandotherwaysthetermiscommonlyused.AfterdefiningandcontrastingthisChristianviewofself-government,weexplorehowdifferentschoolsofthoughtinsocialsciencecanfurtherourunderstandingofthisconception,lookingdeeplyatclassicalpublicchoiceintheVirginiaschool,behavioralpublicchoice,andnewinstitutionaleconomics,specificallyinthetraditionoftheBloomingtonschool.Wediscusshowthesetraditionsrevealinherentincompatibilitiesbetweentheliberaldemocraticviewofself-governmentandtheChristianview,butalsohowinsightsfromthesefieldsmightleadustomoreeffectiveself-governancestrategies.__________________________________________________________JELCodes:Z12;P48;P5Keywords:Catholicism,politicaleconomy,self-governmentSelf-denialisthetestanddefinitionofself-government.—G.K.ChestertonI.IntroductionChristianpoliticalthoughthasalong,contentioushistoryasitrelatestoself-government.Questionslike“Whattypeofgovernmentshallwehave?”“Howdowekeepthegovernmentfrombecomingtyrannical?”and“Whatshallbethecitizen’sroleinhisowngovernance?”haveoccupiedthemindsofChristianwritersasmuchasormorethantheyhavethewritersofanyothertradition.ThispaperexplorestheChristianandspecificallyCatholiccontributiontothediscussionofself-government.Whatisself-governmentandwhyshouldwedesireit?Whatistherelationshipbetweenselfgovernmentandproperty?WhatdoesChurchauthorityhavetodo

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Title	Self-Government, Political Economy, and the Christian Tradition
Authors/Creators:	Zachary Jacob Gochenour, James Madison University Chris Fleming, George Mason University
Year:	2019
Volume:	34
Number:	4
Pages:	33 - 53
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Catholicism, political economy, self-government

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Gochenour, Zachary Jacob; Fleming, Chris / 2019. "Self-Government, Political Economy, and the Christian Tradition." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 34(4): 33-53.