Economic Constitution, social democracy, innovation and economic culture of Basque Cooperativism

  • Santiago Larrazabal Basañez Universidad de Deusto
Keywords: Economic constitution, economic and social rights, social democracy, innovation, economic culture, Basque cooperativism

Abstract

In the study of Constitutional Law, the author calls for more attention to be paid to the part in which almost all Constitutions set down economic models, the guiding principles of social and economic policy and economic and social rights. He makes this suggestion with a view to going beyond a formal democracy and moving towards a material democracy. For this purpose, he focuses on the values and economic culture of the cooperative movement and advocates inspiration in these values to innovate and search for a fairer economic and social model which will enable us to overcome the present crisis. Lastly, he poses some issues related to innovation in the specific context
of Basque cooperativism.

Received: 06 July 2009
Accepted: 08 July 2009
Published online: 18 December 2015

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Published
2009-12-31
How to Cite
Larrazabal Basañez, Santiago. 2009. “Economic Constitution, Social Democracy, Innovation and Economic Culture of Basque Cooperativism”. International Association of Cooperative Law Journal, no. 43 (December), 179-91. https://doi.org/10.18543/baidc-43-2009pp179-191.