Weimar Germany: the first open access order that failed?

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The Weimar Republic is analysed within the framework of limited and open access orders. Germany had developed into a mature limited access order before World War I, with rule of law and open economic access but only limited access to politics. After the war, Germany developed toward an open access order; this process was, however, not sustainable. Two interpretations are discussed, which both pose a challenge to the limited access-open access framework: (1.) Weimar Germany was the first open access order that failed; (2.) sufficiency conditions of the sustainability of open access are not yet included in the framework. It is proposed that sustainable open access orders do not only depend on open political and economic access and on the state monopolising violence capacities (coercive power); government and the political institutions must also have the capacity to efficiently create legitimacy via coordination capabilities.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Freiburger Diskussionspapiere zur Ordnungsökonomik ; No. 14/05

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Reckendrees, Alfred
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Allgemeine Wirtschaftsforschung, Abteilung für Wirtschaftspolitik und Ordnungsökonomik
• (where): Freiburg i. Br.
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/97511
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET