This book aims to contribute to current debates on republicanism by examining the relationship between republican theory and practice in a variety of contexts.

Introduction Iseult Honohan and Jeremy Jennings, Part 1. Alternative conceptions of liberty: Four models of liberty, How desirable is republican liberty? Part 2. Historical expressions: Visions of republicanism in nineteenth century Britain?, Renouvier and Barni: two philosophers of the republic, French republican commemorations, A liberal Irish republicanism, Part 3. The foundations of republican community: Trust, democracy and the republican tradition, Contemporary republicans: in search of solidarity, Part 4. Political institutions: Democratic contestatory institutions, Republican democratic transformation, Public spheres and civic competence in the European polity: a case of liberal republicanism? Part 5. Applying republican theory to policy: Restricting family rights Margo Trappenburg, Housing policy in Britain and France, Educating citizens, Conclusion

Iseult Honohan is a lecturer in political theory in the Department of Politics, University College Dublin. Her current research interests lie in republican theory and its applications to areas including citizenship and immigration, and issues of morality and public life in contemporary societies. She is the author of Civic Republicanism (Routledge, 2002).

Jeremy Jennings is Professor of Political Theory, University of Birmingham. His research interests cover French (and European) political thought from the eighteenth century to the present day. He is completing Revolution and the Republic: a History of Political Thought in France since the Eighteenth Century (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).