Enfoques republicanos contemporáneos sobre la democracia y su potencial cosmopolita

Abstract

Has republican political theory any resources to offer contemporary democracy? Two objections are addressed: that contemporary republican theory is too internally contested to offer a coherent approach, and that any valuable insights are indistinguishable from liberal theory. I argued that, despite certain common ground between republicans and liberals, their engagement with democracy displays different approaches, tensions and accommodations. Republicanism has a coherent underlying perspective and offersa distinctive approach to grounding and conceiving democracy. Its emphasis on deliberation among citizens in multiple public spheres, rather than on unitary popular sovereignity can potentially contribute to addressing problems of understanding and realising democracy at transnational and global levels.