Republican Constitutionalism
Plebeian Institutions and Anti-Oligarchic Rules
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10830232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Camila Vergara (0000-0002-8012-5414, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK [email protected]) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 171 |
| Pages | 25-48 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | THEORIA An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0495-4548 • E-ISSN: 2171-679X |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/th.2022.6917103 |
| OpenAlex | W4283400129 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The article presents a plebeian strand of republican constitutional thought that recognises the influence of inequality on political power, embraces conflict as the effective cause of free government, and channels its anti-oligarchic energy through the constitutional structure. First it engages with two modern plebeian thinkers – Niccolò Machiavelli and Nicolas de Condorcet - focusing on the institutional role of the common people to resist oppression through ordinary and extraordinary political action. Then it discusses the work of two contemporary republican thinkers – Philip Pettit and John McCormick – and contrasts their models of ‘contestatory’ and ‘tribunician’ democracy. Finally, I incorporate a political economy lens and propose as part of republican constitutionalism not only contestatory and tribunician institutions but also anti-oligarchic basic rules to keep inequality and corruption under control
Action (physics · Art · Constitutionalism · Democracy · Government (linguistics · Language change · Law and economics · Literature · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theory and Influence
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| Citations per year | 1.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |