This is the first full-length presentation of a republican alternative to the liberal and communitarian theories that have dominated political philosophy in rec

A novel, republican theory of the point of democracy, providing a model of the institutions that republican democracy would require.

Republicanism and Political Theory is the first book to offer a comprehensive and critical survey of republican political theory. Critically assesses its histor

Explores how republican political thought can make a constructive and distinctive contribution to our understanding of democracy and the challenges it faces.

Realism, the dominant theory of international relations, particularly regarding security, seems compelling in part because of its claim to embody so much of Wes