Synopses & Reviews
Critically assesses conceptions of democracy in different republican traditions
This volume directly engages with the relationship and differences between the key strands in contemporary republican political theory. It brings together leading international scholars representing the most important positions in republican political theory today: neorepublicanism, Kantian republicanism, and populist as well as realist republicanism - the first time that these positions actively engage with each other. It expands upon the foundational principle of republicanism - 'freedom as non-domination' - to articulate new theoretical insights into connections between liberty, law and democratic politics, and a radically new conceptualisation of the meaning and structure of democratic institutions and procedures.
Synopsis
This book provides a new theory of democracy and an alternative to contemporary liberalism, in its exploration of the historical and theoretical relationship between democracy and republicanism, and its consequences. It expands on the foundational principle of republicanism, and puts forward new insights into connections between liberty, law and democratic politics, and a radically new conceptualization of the meaning and structure of democratic institutions and procedures.
The book includes contributions from Philip Pettit, John Ferejohn, Rainer Forst, James Bohman, C?cile Laborde, Jack N. Rakove and John P. McCormick.
Synopsis
This book explores the relationship between democracy and republicanism, and its consequences, and articulates new theoretical insights into connections between liberty, law and democratic politics. Contributors include Philip Pettit, John Ferejohn, Rainer Forst, James Bohman, C (c)cile Laborde, Jack N. Rakove, John P. McCormick and Richard Bellamy.
Synopsis
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This volume directly engages with the relationship and differences between the key strands in contemporary republican political theory. It brings together leading international scholars representing the most important positions in republican political theory today: neorepublicanism, Kantian republicanism, and populist as well as realist republicanism - the first time that these positions actively engage with each other. It expands upon the foundational principle of republicanism - 'freedom as non-domination' - to articulate new theoretical insights into connections between liberty, law and democratic politics, and a radically new conceptualisation of the meaning and structure of democratic institutions and procedures.
Key Features
- Treats historical and theoretical perspectives together to give an alternative to the political and legal theory of contemporary liberalism
- For students and researchers in political theory and philosophy
- Contributors include Philip Pettit, John Ferejohn, Rainer Forst, James Bohman, C cile Laborde, Jack N. Rakove and John P. McCormick
Synopsis
Exploring the relationship between democracy and republicanism, and its consequences, key thinkers expand upon the foundational principle of republicanism - 'freedom as non-domination' - to articulate new theoretical insights into connections between liberty, law and democratic politics, and a radically new conceptualisation of the meaning and structure of democratic institutions and procedures. They present both historical and theoretical perspectives, giving an alternative to the political and legal theory of contemporary liberalism. Contributors include Philip Pettit, John Ferejohn, Rainer Forst, James Bohman, C cile Laborde, Jack N. Rakove, John P. McCormick and Richard Bellamy.
About the Author
Andreas Niederberger is Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Duisburg-Essen. His research focuses on cosmopolitan political and legal philosophy and the history of constitutionalist ideas. Recent book publications are
Demokratie unter Bedingungen der Weltgesellschaft? Normative Grundlagen legitimer Herrschaft in einer globalen politischen Ordnung (Berlin, New York: Verlag De Gruyter, 2009) and
Kosmopolitanismus. Zur Geschichte und Zukunft eines umstrittenen Ideals (co-edited with Matthias Lutz-Bachmann and Philipp Schink, Weilerswist: Velbrück Wissenschaft, 2010).
Philipp Schink is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main. His research focuses on contemporary political, legal and moral philosophy. Recent publications are Kosmopolitanismus. Zur Geschichte und Zukunft eines umstrittenen Ideals (co-edited with Matthias Lutz-Bachmann and Andreas Niederberger, Weilerswist: Velbrück Wissenschaft, 2010).
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction
Andreas Niederberger and Philipp Schink
1. The Tension between Law and Politics in the Modern Republican Tradition
Marco Geuna
2. Impotence, Perspicuity and the Rule of Law: James Madison's Critique of Republican Legislation
Jack Rakove
3. Kant, Madison and the Problem of Transnational Order: Popular Sovereignty in Multilevel Systems
James Bohman
4. Republicanism and Democracy
John P. McCormick
5. Two Views of the City: Republicanism and Law
John Ferejohn
6. A Kantian Republican Conception of Justice as Nondomination
Rainer Forst
7. Two Republican Traditions
Philip Pettit
8. Freedom, Control and the State
Philipp Schink
9. Legal Modes and Democratic Citizens in Republican Theory
Galya Benarieh Ruffer
10. Rights, Republicanism and Democracy
Richard Bellamy
11. Republicanism and Global Justice: A Sketch
Cécile Laborde
12. Republicanism and Transnational Democracy
Andreas Niederberger
Index