Ordoliberal constitutions require active communal support, not mere state imposition

Evidence

This economic constitution was not simply something that could be set down on paper, however. Ordoliberals argued that the correct economic constitution cannot simply be deduced from theory and imposed by the state. It must be actively supported by members of the community to which it applies, and crucially, its implementation must be based upon a reciprocal duty of those members to act in the terms laid out in the constitution. In short, everyone needs to follow the rules, and everyone doing so reconstitutes and legitimates those rules. — Mark Blyth, Austerity, 363

Categorization

• XREF: The reciprocal-duty-of-rules requirement parallels the law-merchant reputation mechanisms from Milgrom’s work and broader social-contract theory. — connects to: Constitutional states depend on founding solidarity that later generations must renew through participation — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 85; Ideology is actively created by people, not passively received from above.; Popular mobilization requires concrete concessions, not abstract appeals — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 501 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Constitutional states depend on founding solidarity that later generations must renew through participation #expands (0.82) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 85
• Coercive government power depends on voluntary cooperation from many #corroborates (0.78)
• Ideology is actively created by people, not passively received from above. #corroborates (0.75)
• Popular mobilization requires concrete concessions, not abstract appeals #corroborates (0.72) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 501