Richard Bellamy est un théoricien politique et historien britannique de premier plan dont l'œuvre aborde en profondeur le développement de la démocratie, de la citoyenneté et du constitutionnalisme dans les sociétés modernes. Son travail universitaire, puisant souvent dans la tradition italienne de la pensée politique, intègre avec fluidité l'histoire, la politique, le droit et la philosophie. Bellamy se concentre sur les défis contemporains auxquels sont confrontés les systèmes démocratiques, en particulier en Europe et dans le contexte de l'Union européenne. Ses contributions académiques considérables comprennent de nombreuses monographies et volumes édités qui façonnent les discussions actuelles sur les systèmes politiques.
Interest in citizenship has never been higher. But what does it mean to be a citizen in a modern, complex community? Richard Bellamy approaches the subject of citizenship from a political perspective and, in clear and accessible language, addresses the complexities behind this highly topical issue.
Clear, balanced and accessible, this book explores the alternative of a flexible European Union (EU) based on differentiated rather than uniform integration. They examine the circumstances and institutional design needed for flexibility to promote rather than undermine fairness and democracy within and between member states.
This book brings together fifteen classic essays from a leading scholar, Richard Bellamy, who traces the history of Italian political thought from Cesare Beccaria to Norberto Bobbio. Written over the past twenty-five years, these works constitute the first account in English of the modern Italian political tradition. Bellamy pays special attention to the different ways various Italian theorists link politics and ethics and their alternate conceptions of state and democracy. Among the thinkers discussed are Cesare Beccaria, Antonio Genovesi, Giuseppe Mazzini, Benedetto Croce, Giovanni Gentile, Antonio Gramsci, Vilfredo Pareto, Gaetano Mosca, and Norberto Bobbio.