The following essays are derived from papers originally presented at a conference, co-organized by Duncan Bell and Quentin Skinner, on ‘Republicanism and Global Politics’ (University of Cambridge, May 2007). I should like to thank the contributors to this symposium as well as the other conference participants: Daniel Deudney, James Hankins, Istvan Hont, Karma Nabulsi, Eric Nelson, and Nicholas Onuf.
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Nagel ( 2005) ‘The Problem of Global Justice’, Philosophy and Public Affairs33(2): 113. For a survey of the various positions available, see Duncan Bell (ed.) (2010) Ethics and World Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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For illuminating comments on the differences between these two perspectives, see the essays by Skinner and Pocock in Annabel Brett and James Tully (eds) (2006) Rethinking the Foundations of Modern Political Thought, esp. pp. 42-5 and 256-61. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. See also Eric Nelson (2006) ‘Republican Visions’, in John Dryzek, Bonnie Honig, and Anne Phillips (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory, pp. 193-211. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hannah Arendt’s work played an important role in Pocock’s interpretation of republicanism.
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For a historical account of republican international thought indebted to this view, see Nicholas Onuf (1998) The Republican Legacy in International Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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However, some historical forms of republicanism justified imperialism, often on the grounds that it was necessary for securing (1) the political freedoms of citizens, and (2) glory and virtue for the state. For different versions of this argument, see Mikael Hörnqvist (2004) Machiavelli and Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Jennifer Pitts (2004) A Turn to Empire: The Rise of Imperial Liberalism in Britain and France, ch. 7 (on Tocqueville). Princeton: Princeton University Press. Duncan Bell (2009) ‘Republican Imperialism: J. A. Froude and the Virtue of Empire’, History of Political Thought 30(1): 166-91.
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For a scathing assault on this kind of theorizing, see Robert Goodin (2003) ‘Folie Républicaine’, Annual Review of Political Science, 6: 55-76. It is worth noting the overlap between ‘civic’ readings of republicanism and ‘realist’ accounts of international theorizing. This is discussed in Michael Williams (2005) The Realist Tradition and the Limits of International Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ian Shapiro (2007) Containment: Rebuilding a Strategy Against Global Terror. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Daniel Deudney (2006) Bounding Power: Republican Security Theory from the Polis to the Global Village. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Vibeke Schou Pedersen (2008) Realist Strategies of Republican Peace: Niebuhr, Morgenthau, and the Politics of Patriotic Dissent. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
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Bohman (2009) ‘Living without Freedom: Cosmopolitanism at Home and the Rule of Law’ , Political Theory37: 539-61. Bohman (2008) ‘Non-Domination and Transnational Democracy’, in Cécile Laborde and John Maynor (eds) Republicanism and Political Theory, pp. 190-219. Oxford: Blackwell. Bohman (2004 ) ‘Republican Cosmopolitanism’, Journal of Political Philosophy12(3): 336-52. See also Lawrence Quill (2005) Liberty After Liberalism: Civic Republicanism in a Global Age. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
