Republicanism in Theory and Practice

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 8
Copyright......Page 9
Contents......Page 10
Tables......Page 13
Contributors......Page 14
Series editor’s preface......Page 16
Acknowledgements......Page 18
1 Introduction......Page 20
Part I The republican conception of liberty......Page 34
2 Four models of republican liberty and self-government......Page 36
Part II Historical expressions of republicanism......Page 58
3 Reforming republicanism in nineteenth-century Britain......Page 60
4 Two philosophers of the French Republic......Page 72
5 Creating republican ceremony......Page 86
6 Sean O’Faolain’s discourse of ‘the betrayal of the Republic’ in mid-twentieth century Ireland......Page 98
Part III The foundations of republican community......Page 114
7 Political trust, democracy and the republican tradition......Page 116
8 Contemporary republican theories......Page 128
Part IV Republican political institutions......Page 142
9 Modern republican democratic contestation......Page 144
10 Republican theory and democratic transformation......Page 159
11 Public spheres and civic competence in the European polity......Page 173
Part V Applying republican theory to policy......Page 190
12 Restricting family rights......Page 192
13 The French ‘republican model of integration’ from theory to practice......Page 205
14 Educating citizens......Page 218
15 Conclusion......Page 233
Bibliography......Page 242
Index......Page 262