Republicanism and the Future of Democracy

Cambridge University Press, 4/25/2019
EAN 9781316517550, ISBN10: 1316517551

Hardcover, 306 pages, 23.4 x 15.7 x 2.1 cm
Language: English

Democracies are in crisis. Can republican theory contribute to reforming our political norms and institutions? The 'neo-republican turn' has seen scholars using the classical republican tradition in reconstructing and developing a vision of public life as an alternative to liberalism. This volume offers new perspectives from leading scholars on how republicanism can help transform democratic theory and respond to some of its most pressing challenges. Drawing on this recent revival of republican political thought, its chapters reflect on such issues as the republican definition of freedom as nondomination and its relation to democracy and populism, the ideal of the common good, domination in the workplace and in the family, republicanism in a globalized world, and radical republican politics. It will appeal to researchers and students in political theory, political philosophy and the history of ideas, and anyone interested in gaining greater insight into the prospects and challenges of republican democracy in today's world.

Introduction. Republicanizing democracy, democratizing the republic Geneviève Rousselière and Yiftah Elazar
Part I. Republican Democracy and the Common Good
1. The general will, the common good, and a democracy of standards Philip Pettit
Part II. Republicanism and Historical Challenges of Democratic Politics
2. Of demagogues and populists
on the relevance of Roman republicanism to democracy Daniel Kapust
3. Republicanism and democracy
the tyranny of the majority in eighteenth century political debate Annelien de Dijn
Part III. Non-Domination as a Democratic Ideal
4. Democratic dependency
a feminist critique of non-domination as independence Lida Maxwell
5. Being under the power of others Niko Kolodny
Part IV. Democratizing the Republic, Republicanizing Democracy
6. Republicanism and democracy revisited Frank Lovett
7. The new ochlophobia? Populism, majority rule and prospects for democratic republicanism John P. McCormick
8. Democracy and republicanism
a difficult partnership Nadia Urbinati
Part V. Republican Democracy in the Workplace and the Market
9. Liberty and democratic insurgency
the republican case for the right to strike Alex Gourevitch
10. Workplace governance and republican theory Elizabeth Anderson
11. Republicanism and markets Robert S. Taylor
Part VI. Republican Democracy Beyond the State
12. A European republic of sovereign states
sovereignty, republicanism, and the EU Richard Bellamy
13. Horizontalism, public assembly, and the politics of republican democracy Stuart White.