Critically assesses conceptions of democracy in different republican traditions
Republican conceptions of the relationship between freedom, law and politics had a profound impact on the American and the French Revolutions and have influenced the development of most contemporary democratic political systems.
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. For the first time these positions directly engage with each other, making this book an essential text for students and researchers in political theory and philosophy.
Key Features
. Presents the different strands in republican theory, allowing readers to understand the differences and parallels between the various traditions
. Introduces a range of conceptions of a democratic rule of law, relevant to political and legal discussions relating to the role of legislation, the seperation of powers, executive prerogatives and civil society
. Discusses the foundations of political freedom including nondomination and autonomy and shows how these relate to fundamental questions in political and legal theory such as the relationship between law and freedom, and the idea of democratic self-rule
. Investigates the relationship between democracy and constitutionalism and shows the far-reaching implications for contemporary politics including the power of government over its citizens, and political order in the age of globalization
. Brings the Kantian public law-based model of republican democracy into communication with the Anglo-Amercian for the first time, leading to a new understanding of the importance of the rule of law for democracy
. Shows how neorepublicanism relates to the heritage of Rousseauian or Arendtian conceptions of popular sovereignty and participatory democracy
. Includes leading authors in the field of contemporary republicanism: Richard Bellamy, James Bohman, John Ferejohn, Rainer Forst, Marco Geuna, Cécile Laborde, John P. McCormick, Philip Pettit, Jack Rakove and Galya Benarieh Ruffer
Andreas Niederberger is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt. Philipp Schink is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, also at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt.
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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 in Frankfurt/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).

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 Non-Domination, 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; List of Contributors.