| ID | 121133 |
| Title Proper | Competing for liberty |
| Other Title Information | the republican critique of democracy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Urbinati, Nadia |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Freedom as non-domination has acquired a leading status in political science. As a consequence of its success, neo-roman republicanism also has achieved great prominence as the political tradition that delivered it. Yet despite the fact that liberty in the Roman mode was forged not only in direct confrontation with monarchy but against democracy as well, the relationship of republicanism to democracy is the great absentee in the contemporary debate on non-domination. This article brings that relationship back into view in both historical and conceptual terms. It illustrates the misrepresentations of democracy in the Roman tradition and shows how these undergirded the theory of liberty as non-domination as a counter to political equality as a claim to taking part in imperium. In so doing it brings to the fore the "liberty side" of democratic citizenship as the equal rights of all citizens to exercise their political rights, in direct or indirect form. |
| `In' analytical Note | American Political Science Review Vol. 106, No.3; Aug 2012: p. 607-621 |
| Journal Source | American Political Science Review Vol. 106, No.3; Aug 2012: p. 607-621 |
| Key Words | Political Rights ; Political Equality ; Democratic Citizenship ; Democracy ; Political Tradition ; Liberty |