Republicanism in Theory and Practice (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Honohan, Iseult; Jennings, Jeremy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134247691
• Artikelnr.: 42640965

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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