Republicanism and Political Theory

Republicanism and Political Theory is the first book to offer a comprehensive and critical survey of republican political theory.

• Critically assesses its historical credentials, conceptual coherence, and normative proposals
• Brings together original contributions from leading international scholars in an interactive way
• Provides the reader with valuable insight into new debates taking place in republican political theory

Notes on Contributors.

The Republican Contribution to Contemporary Political Theory: Cécile Laborde (University College London) and John Maynor (Middle Tennessee State University).

Part I: Republican Freedom and its Critics:.

1. Liberty and Domination: Matthew Kramer (University of Cambridge).

2. How are Power and Unfreedom Related?: Ian Carter (University of Pavia).

3. Freedom as the Absence of Arbitrary Power: Quentin Skinner (University of Cambridge).

4. Republican Freedom: Three Axioms, Four Theorems: Philip Pettit (Princeton University).

Part II: Republicanism, Democracy and Citizenship:.

5. Republican Citizenship, Nationality and Europe: David Miller (University of Oxford).

6. Republicanism and Constitutionalism: Richard Bellamy (University College London).

7. Non-Domination and Transnational Democracy: James Bohman (St Louis University).

Part III: Republicanism, Rights and Domination:.

8. Republican Punishment, Consequentialist or Retributive?: Richard Dagger (Arizona State University).

9. Pettit’s Civic Republicanism and Male Domination: Marilyn Friedman (Washington University, St Louis, Missouri).

Index

"This collection, which brings together ten major figures in contemporary political theory, represents an important contribution to the elaboration of the republican paradigm. It furthers investigation into the republican's core theoretical commitment to a distinctive conception of liberty, and extends the theory's reach into new areas, to do with transnationalism, gender relations, and constitutionalism, to name just these. The essays are all first-rate, and should become reference points for future debate."
Daniel Weinstock, Université de Montréal Cécile Laborde is Reader in Political Theory at University College London. She is the author of La Confrérie Layenne et les Lébous du Sénégal (1995), Pluralist Thought and the State in Britain and France (2000), and Critical Republicanism. The Hijab Controversy, Republican Theory and the Left (2008). Her work on secularism, multiculturalism, patriotism, and republicanism has recently been published in Journal of Political Philosophy, Political Theory, British Journal of Political Science, Political Studies, and Constellations. Current projects include the political philosophy of religion, and republicanism and global justice.

John Maynor is an Associate Professor in Political Philosophy at Middle Tennessee State University. He is the author of Republicanism in the Modern World (2003) and has published a number of articles on republican theory. His current research focuses on how new media is affecting political engagement and on republican responses to the forces of globalization.

Republicanism and Political Theory is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of republican political theory. Critically assessing the historical credentials, conceptual coherence and normative proposals of republicanism, it brings together original contributions from leading international scholars. The volume focuses on four main areas: liberty in the republican tradition; freedom as non-domination and its critics; the borders of republicanism; and new republican debates, reflecting upon the contribution that republicans have made to our understanding of political life. Individual chapters are closely related to one another, providing readers with valuable insight into the main debates taking place between republicans and their critics. An essential text for students in political theory and political science, this volume also serves as an invaluable resource for research scholars in political philosophy, intellectual history, law, international relations, European studies, and gender studies.